'O Roma nobilis'- very interesting notation from the monastery of Monte Casino. Note that the pitches are only written between the lines, and that the pitch is also indicated by the first letter of the name of the note. pic.twitter.com/VU0fT11Z5k
— Musical Notation is Beautiful (@NotationIsGreat) March 7, 2019
Nicholas Papadimitriou hat’s getan.
Fugue on the Theme of COVID-19, also known as simply the ‚The COVID-19 Fugue‘.
My musical contribution to the worldwide pandemic of the Corona-virus might not bring humanity any closer to discovering the vaccine it is longing for, but, if you are a music enthusiast who is keen on the nerdy stuff, well, this is definitely something for you!A complex, 4-plus-voice fugue, based on the subject of …the virus itself!
With some touches of artistic liberty, I interpreted „COVID-19“ as an acronym for the musical terms „C° V-I D 1-9“ (as explained at the beginning of the video) which when combined, shape a rather spicy fugue subject.It was no surprise that the subject’s ‚unorthodox‘ nature made it quite challenging to integrate it in a tonal context;…a fact, however, that posed no obstacle to two-weeks worth of quarantine-induced free time, together with some Regerian/Mendessohnian inspiration.
Putting all my music degrees in practice (and some amateur-ish editing skills in Adobe After Effects), I created a ‚viral‘ (pun intended, hopefully) fugue, which will take you on a journey across 7 tonalities, 12 subject entries and lots of juicy modulations.
