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Whiteboards December 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on December 6, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

silent night – world sleep tight – crisis not bite – wrong is right ©Oscar van Dillen 2011 Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in December 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages …
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Whiteboards November 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 27, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in November 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Memos for a New Millennium

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 24, 2013 by oscarJanuary 9, 2014

Memos for a New Millennium was created by Oscar van Dillen for disklavier and pianist (MIDI file for performances is available through the composer) In this composition a balance and cooperation between man and machine is the central theme. Memos for a New Millennium was inspired by Italo Calvino’s …
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Posted in Composition | Tagged composition, disklavier, piano

Whiteboards October 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on October 10, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in October 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Whiteboards September 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on September 21, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in September 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Exhibition Surface to Space

Oscar van Dillen Posted on August 23, 2013 by oscarApril 24, 2016

NOW: Exhibition SURFACE TO SPACE at Galerie Kunstliefde in Utrecht Saturday 24 August – 15 September 2013, where I present a part of my new series Urbistics: 5 pen drawings in ink on paper, and 7 brush drawings in oil paint on canvas. This new series of visual works …
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Posted in Brush drawings, Paintings, Pen drawings, Visual art | Tagged drawing, exhibition, painting, pen drawing, visual art

Polyethnic Mosaic

Oscar van Dillen Posted on May 20, 2013 by oscarJune 3, 2017

Polyethnic Mosaic was the title of the concert presentation of selected works by the students of the Codarts minor World music composition in practice 2012-2013. This minor is taught and was developed by Oscar van Dillen. Below you will find the full program presented at the concert of 14 …
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Posted in World music composition in practice | Tagged codarts, original, projects, students, world music composition

Whiteboards May 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on May 13, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in May 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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De Stad

Oscar van Dillen Posted on April 20, 2013 by oscarJune 30, 2022

Chamber Symphony De Stad means: The City. It is the title of my chamber symphony written in 2003. The work was jointly commissioned by Prof. Dr. Paul van de Laar and the Museum Rotterdam1(at the time called Historical Museum of Rotterdam) and the Performing Arts Fund (by the special …
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Posted in Composition | Tagged chamber symphony, composition, stad, urbistics

Whiteboards April 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on April 20, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in April 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Whiteboards March 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on April 20, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in March 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Whiteboards February 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on April 20, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in February 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Babel alphabet 1993

Oscar van Dillen Posted on March 2, 2013 by oscarApril 10, 2018

The Babel Alphabet was painted in the Spring of 1993. The alphabet paintings were first exhibited in Den Haag later the same year, together with an installation by Isaak Goldschneider, also on the theme Babel. Isaak Goldschneider created a composition called BABEL as well, which was performed by Rocco …
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Whiteboards January 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on January 12, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in January 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Organic Forms of Concurrence 2012

Oscar van Dillen Posted on January 6, 2013 by oscarMarch 29, 2015

These Organic Forms of Concurrence were drawn in the summer of 2012, outdoor in Normandy at the seaside (in Houlgate, Honfleur and Mesnil-Val). Since this was a windy environment, some minor blurs occurred when the paper was blown upwards against my brush, so be it. They consist of a …
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Posted in Drawings | Tagged brush drawing, drawing, visual art

Whiteboards December 2012

Oscar van Dillen Posted on December 8, 2012 by oscarDecember 19, 2018
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in December 2012. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Whiteboards November 2012

Oscar van Dillen Posted on December 3, 2012 by oscarDecember 19, 2018
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in November 2012. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Whiteboards October 2012

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 27, 2012 by oscarDecember 19, 2018
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in October 2012. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Whiteboards September 2012

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 26, 2012 by oscarDecember 19, 2018
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in September 2012. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Evolution of the bass in orchestras

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 25, 2012 by oscarOctober 29, 2014

Thesis subject: How did the bass change in the orchestral use in 19th, 20th and 21th centuries? by Aydın Balpınar, Codarts Rotterdam Classical music, January 2012   Thesis-counselor: Andreas Czifra Motto “It is not surprising that things have developed as they have. The discovery, in the last century, of …
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Posted in Thesis | Tagged bass, double bass, music history, orchestra, thesis

Patriarchy and Subversion

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 25, 2012 by oscarNovember 27, 2012

Patriarchy and Subversion – Gender power relations and Sexual Identity in the Tango culture of Buenos Aires at the end of the 19th and beginning of 20th centuries as an inspirational tool for raising social responsibility in contemporary Tango. by Gabriel Wolff, Codarts Rotterdam Argentinian tango, January 2012   …
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Posted in Thesis | Tagged argentina, patriarchy, tango, thesis

El Tango Canción

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 25, 2012 by oscarNovember 27, 2012

Introduction ‘Tango contains the whole life: grandparents, children, dogs, streets, the whole volume of the sentiments, the missing, all the sorts of perfume, the suffering and the joy. This all is tango and because of this tango is the longing for yesterday, the pain from today and the hope …
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Posted in Thesis | Tagged argentina, poetry, singing, tango, thesis

Eleggua

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 25, 2012 by oscarNovember 27, 2012

ELEGGUA, WHO IS HE? WHAT MUSIC IS PLAYED TO HONOUR HIM by Jeanne Schmartz – University of Amsterdam, Musicology (2008)   Coached by Wim van der Meer (UVA) and Oscar van Dillen (CODARTS) Introduction Since I have participated in my first Bata drum workshop with Jérôme Goldschmidt some years …
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Posted in Thesis | Tagged bata, cuba, eleggua, santeria, thesis

Music and Trance

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 25, 2012 by oscarNovember 27, 2012

Music and Trance – What are the relations between music and Trance in the Palo Monte and Santeria cults? by Jean-Luc Jossa, Codarts Rotterdam Latin Percussion, 2007   Thesis-counselors: Eli ´t Hart and Oscar van Dillen Introduction Since I have started playing Latin Percussion, I have always been interested …
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Posted in Thesis | Tagged bata, cuba, dance, music, neurology, orishas, santeria, thesis, trance

Whiteboards January 2010

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 19, 2012 by oscarDecember 19, 2018
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in January 2010. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Indonesian music

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 11, 2012 by oscarNovember 16, 2012

Indonesia is a huge country astride the equator, an archipelago consisting of over 17,500 islands; a little over 6,000 of these are inhabited. The archipelago stretches out from East to West over 5120 km, in three time-zones. Indonesia has an enormous wealth of musical styles and traditions, and some …
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Posted in World music | Tagged gamelan, indonesia, kecak, music of asia

Turkish music

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 10, 2012 by oscarNovember 16, 2012
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Turkish music: a cultural cartographical survey What is today called Turkish music seems to be largely coming from Anatolia, but it also comes from the western side of the Bosporus. All this variety of music is in fact part of a widespread culture belonging to the larger area the …
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Posted in World music | Tagged anatolia, bosporus, music of africa, music of asia, music of europe, ottoman empire, turkey

Greek Rembetika

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 10, 2012 by oscarNovember 16, 2012

Cartography Greece is part of one of the Balkan peninsulas. One of the best known musical traditions from Greece is called Rembetika. To understand Balkan music, one first has to understand some cartography. Due to a turbulent past, today there are basically two interpretations of what the Balkans are: …
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Posted in World music | Tagged greece, music of europe, rembetika

Bosnian Sevdah

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 10, 2012 by oscarNovember 16, 2012

  Cartography Bosnia today is part of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and this in turn is part of one of the Balkan peninsulas. Bosnia’s best known musical tradition is called Sevdah. To understand Balkan music, one first has to understand some cartography. Due to a turbulent past, today there are basically two …
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Posted in World music | Tagged bosnia, music of europe, sevdah

Balkan music

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 10, 2012 by oscarJuly 19, 2014

Balkan cartography Let us first look at a historical map of the Balkans during Ottoman times in 1699: To understand Balkan music, one first has to understand some cartography. Due to a turbulent past, today there are basically two interpretations of what the Balkans are: a narrow one, including …
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Posted in World music | Tagged balkan, music of europe

Kora music

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 9, 2012 by oscarNovember 16, 2012

The kora is a 21-string bridge-harp, originating from, and used extensively in, West-African countries, such as Mali, Gambia, and Senegal. Kora music being part of the oral tradition, its music was not written until the 20th century. The ethnomusicologists were the only ones to notate the instrument in the …
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Posted in World music | Tagged kora, music of africa, world music composition

Pygmy music

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 9, 2012 by oscarNovember 26, 2020

Pygmy music, as it is found in Africa. Pygmy is a term used for various ethnic groups worldwide whose average height is unusually short; anthropologists define pygmy as any group whose adult men grow to less than 150 cm (59 inches) in average height1. The map below shows the …
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Posted in World music | Tagged music of africa, polyphony, pygmy

Codarts project week Day 3 – Thursday 8 November 2012

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 8, 2012 by oscarMay 21, 2016
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This year the project week at Codarts University of the Arts Rotterdam includes a worldwide composition project, including students from the global academies for Jazz music, World music and Pop music. This is a report of the final day 3 of this project, after a concept of Carlo de …
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Codarts project week Day 2 – Tuesday 6 November 2012

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 6, 2012 by oscarMay 21, 2016

This year the project week at Codarts University of the Arts Rotterdam includes a worldwide composition project, including students from the global academies for Jazz music, World music and Pop music. This is a report of day 2 of this project, after a concept of Carlo de Wijs and …
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Codarts project week Day 1 – Monday 5 November 2012

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 5, 2012 by oscarMay 21, 2016
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This year the project week at Codarts University of the Arts Rotterdam includes a worldwide composition project, including students from the global academies for Jazz music, World music and Pop music. Working after a concept of Carlo de Wijs, coordinated by Ronald Kool, and with a working plan by …
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Whiteboards December 2009

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 4, 2012 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in December 2009. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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