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Sample from Upcoming Release
By Lars Rosager | Music
Greetings! This video contains another sample of my current project, a composition for voice guitar dealing with the intertwining of color, season, and human sentiment. The music will be released with an accompanying essay treating some points on the moral philosophy of music education. Text—both set to music and in essay form—and guitar are inspired by some conclusions I have drawn with regard to universalist philosophy and scientifically reasoned spirituality, which are summarized briefly with the following:
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- Human understands they exist within the scientific laws of the natural world.
- Ironically, what sets human apart from animal is the ability to partially defy mortality (i.e., nature), particularly through the quasi-eternity afforded by written language. Also, love and compassion are ways in which human might shun more immediate, “animal” concerns; in sum, human can envision a sort of liberation from science and natural survival, a contrast to item 1.
- These two propositions must be examined through scenarios involving a) the individual, b) the two-human dynamic, and c) the collective.
From these points, the essay expounds on how to most responsibly approach music education for various age groups. The musical composition is based on the idea of modulation through the full scope of the circle of fifths. Thank you.
Single Added to Store, Samples Available
By Lars Rosager | News
Textual Chordophonics
December 22, 2019
Owing to the fact that I am currently continuing current work on more longterm recording and writing projects, I have decided to make available some past material now. “Removido” is a brief composition for voice and seven-string guitar, an up-tempo and emotionally charged piece. The mp3 of “Removido” is available through the Store section of this website for $2.00.
In this post, I am offering the five movements of my first guitar sonata, perhaps better titled a sonatina because the movements are rather short. This music is included on Harmony Lives/Melodiboken, among various other styles. The mp3s are available for free download below. Thanks!!!
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| guitar_sonata_no._1_-_1st_mvmt..mp3 |
| guitar_sonata_no._1_-_2nd_mvmt..mp3 |
| guitar_sonata_no._1_-_3rd_mvmt..mp3 |
| guitar_sonata_no._1_-_4th_mvmt..mp3 |
| guitar_sonata_no._1_-_5th_mvmt..mp3 |
Indian Music at Renew Yoga December 4, 2019
By Lars Rosager | Music
On Wednesday December 4, 2019 at 5:30 pm, I will be offering a solo-guitar performance of Raga Yaman as an accompaniment to the regularly scheduled yoga class at Renew Yoga in Petaluma, CA, USA. Admission to the class is $16, which can be paid on arrival at the door.Please enjoy the videos on the left and below! Thank you.
Performance this Friday
By Lars Rosager | News
Textual Chordophonics
October 23, 2019
I’m happy to share news that I will be singing and playing this Friday, October 25, at 6:30 pm at the Petaluma Arts Center. The event is intended to support local artists. Admission is $10.00. For more information, click here. Thanks so much!
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New Audio: Upcoming Hip-Hop Track
By Lars Rosager | Music
Textual Chordophonics
October 6, 2019
As part of an ongoing collaboration with Alex Shapiro-Romano, this brief sample provides a bit of a taste of what is to come in three new original tracks. All the guitar work is from Lars Rosager—some vocals may find their way onto the recordings as well!—and Alex Shapiro-Romano has composed the percussion parts, as well as putting everything together on production software. I would love to hear your response to these stylings, and please stay tuned for the complete tracks in the near future. Thanks!
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Performance Today, 09/22/2019
By Lars Rosager | News
Don’t forget about my performance at the Petaluma Arts Center this evening! I am gearing up by listening to Earth, Wind & Fire as well as to Hopkinson Smith. Quite the contrast, but quite the combination! Take care.
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Performance Tomorrow!
By Lars Rosager | News
Just a quick reminder that I will be performing tomorrow at the Petaluma Arts Center. I plan to share some original stylings based on traditional Spanish guitar forms from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. See the Performance Schedule section of this site for more information. Thanks!!! #casamontalvoguitars
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09/22/2019 Upcoming Performance!
By Lars Rosager | News
I will be playing solo seven-string guitar at the Petaluma Arts Center for a fundraising event this Sunday, September 22, 2019. Please come support an important local arts foundation!
Also, I will be releasing some new material influenced by hip-hop styles. Percussionist Alex Shapiro-Romano will be doing most of the production work with samples of my music. For now, please enjoy an audio sample of some music by me, Alex, and the inimitable Smars of San Francisco Bay Area renown. Let it be known that any similarity to the recent hit “Havana” is purely coincidental! We recorded this some five years ago . . .
Thanks!
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Upcoming Performance, Recent Studies . . .
By Lars Rosager | Uncategorized
Summer is all but behind us now, and I am glad to say I made the most of it. The Ali Akbar College of Music (AACM) in San Rafael, CA, USA awarded me a scholarship to attend a weekly class with sarod player Alam Khan. Many thanks to the wonderful people at AACM for this chance at professional development and enrichment.
Practicing Indian raga is beginning to inform my playing on Western-derived guitars. My upcoming performance at the Petaluma Arts Center’s September-22 fundraising event will undoubtedly showcase some of the ways in which raga is becoming part of the natural growth of my music. The link to tickets for this event can be found in the Performance Schedule section of my website.
On the research front, I am forming ideas on how to revise the history(ies) of the guitar that relies on the arrival of the oval-bodied lute in Spain and subsequent formation of the figure-eight–shaped body of the guitar. It is important to note two recent additions to my bookshelf: The Guitar: In History and Performance Practice by Anthony LeRoy Glise and Manual of Guitar Technology: The History and Technology of Plucked String Instruments by Franz Jahnel. The former, published in 2016, is intended to be used as a university textbook. The latter is an almost impossible-to-acquire treasure trove of information on instrument building both ancient and modern. The contentions that arise from these two tomes are at the heart of my latest research. I hope to share more on this soon!
For now, please enjoy my new video sample:
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