Western music history

SUMMARY OF WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC HISTORY. By Marlon Feld.

Kohler & Campbell Piano

Kohler & Campbell Piano.

See its history here. In summary, the brand started its production by Charles Kohler and John Calvin Campbell in NY, 1896. It was acquired by South Korea piano manufacturer Samick in 1988.

Born To Run (lyrics)

Born To Run - by Bruce Spreensteen.

No comment on the music. But for the lyrics, I like this one: "The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive". My colleague has this on her googlechat name card.

Nokia Fugue

So it's true, someone is still writing classic music in modern days ..

Nokia Fugue.

Here is the composer's website.

The Set Theory

All About Set Theory. This is the theory of Schoenberg behind his twelve-tone methods.

A history of western music

A history of western music, 8th Edition, J. P. Burkholder, D. J. Grout, C. V. Palisca. (January 30, 2009)

《西方音乐史》 第六版／（美）格劳特、帕利斯卡著； 余志刚译. 人民音乐出版社. 2010年9月:ISBN 710303408, 772页

《西方音乐史》 第四版／（美）格劳特、帕利斯卡著；汪启璋、吴佩华、顾连理译. －人民音乐出版社，1996年1月：ISBN 7103013101，791页

重要的单卷本西方音乐史
西方音乐史教学大纲
关于新版格劳特《西方音乐史》及其历史写作
“2007外国音乐经典论著翻译出版研讨会”综述
关于西方音乐史研究的一些思考
《西方音乐史》读书笔记（elvenring 09新年补充版）
(上海音乐学院)编译室记事
音乐翻译专业的双子星——顾连理、吴佩华的艺术人生及其音乐译作初探
中央音乐学院2007年硕士研究生入学考试参考书目
中国音乐学院硕士研究生招生中外音乐史考试大纲
中国音乐学院考研一站式信息

To translate book: 1) make sure it is not translated yet, 2) get copyright authorization from original author, 3) contact publication house.

For example, see here for review of the translator of 西方文明中的音乐.
马爱农：怎样才能成为一个好的文学翻译工作者
李勇军:民国中期稿费标准摭谈
翻译公司克扣自由译员翻译费的几种损招

The Haydn/Mozart String Quartet Quiz

The Haydn/Mozart String Quartet Quiz

Hu Xia

Professor Hu Ning told me about his son Hu Xia, in the party at Jade Dynasty Seafood Restaurant on 2/26/2011.

胡夏 公共主页
zh.wikipedia.org: 胡夏
YouTube: 胡夏 火柴天堂

A History of Western Music - 7th Edition

Online book A History of Western Music - 7th Edition.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Introduction at wikipedia: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (3 February 1525 or 2 February 1526 – 2 February 1594) was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition. He had a lasting influence on the development of church music, and his work has often been seen as the culmination of Renaissance polyphony.

Introduction at Catholic Encyclopedia.

Organum

Organum.

The Beauty Song

佳人曲: 北方有佳人，绝世而独立，一顾倾人城，再顾倾人国，宁不知，倾城与倾国，佳人难再得！

English translation of "The Beauty Song":

Version 1: From Beauty song from house of flying daggers:

An extraordinary beauty in the North
She's the most beautiful being of the world
From her first glance the city bows before her
From her second glance the empire falls into ruins
But there isn't such an empire or a city
that we can love more than this beauty

Version 2: From [1][2] plus my modification (the last 3 sentences):

Dazzling beauty in the north
Peerless and graceful is she
One glance from her and a city falls
A second glance leaves the whole nation in ruins
Don't you know that
Even with the cost of a city and a nation
Another such beauty could be found nowhere else

Personally, I like the second translation much better.