Table of Contents
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A note on listening to the MP3 sound files on this website.
Main Pages
My Blog: Opens a new window or tab to view David Pickett’s blog at WordPress.com.
Biography: The home page of the website, with a brief biography of David Pickett and many links.
Résumé: A brief résumé.
Curriculum Vitae: A full Curriculum Vitae.
Conducting: A listing of the ensembles that David Pickett has conducted and his repertoire.
Recording: Information about many of the recordings that David Pickett has worked on. Links enable some of these recordings to be played.
Teaching: David Pickett’s teaching career is described in detail with links to some of his students.
Writing: A listing of David Pickett’s publications on music and audio recording, with links to some of them.
Mahler Research: A description of David Pickett’s research into the composer/conductor Gustav Mahler. There are many links on this page to other pages on the site, including multi-media presentations.
Music and Audio Research: This page contains links to pages on this website detailing David Pickett’s other research.
Other Pages: multimedia essays
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Gustav Mahler
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“Klezmer Musik” in Mahler’s First Symphony
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The Offstage Band in Mahler’s Second Symphony
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The Earliest Recording of Mahler’s Second Symphony
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The “Impossible” Oboe Glissandi in Mahler’s Third Symphony
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Interpreting the Beginning of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony
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Orchestral Balance in Jascha Horenstein’s Mahler Recordings
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Glissandi in Mahler’s Fourth and Fifth Symphonies
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The Naked Note in the Scherzo of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
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Dynamics in the Finale of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony
• Some of Mahler’s changes to Beethoven’s Overture, zur Weihe des Hauses
• Mahler the Conductor and his “Editions”
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The IGMG Edition of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Mahler’s Retuschen
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The National Symphony Orchestra’s 2000 Beethoven/Mahler Festival
Surround Sound
• Ambisonic Sound Recording Techniques
• A letter to Stereophile Magazine
Other
• David Pickett’s conducting repertoire
Playing MP3 Files
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