Tuesday, October 7, 2008
New Facebook Page for SFNM
Just to let you all know we now have a mechanism for even more Facebook merriment.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Beyond the Noise, Session Six
Open thread for discussion and questions related to the sixth of the six-part series.
A New Millennium. The final session will discuss music of the past 10 years — looking at the perspective of both the digital renegade as well as the globalized corporate composer. Primary trends in the music of Thomas Ades, William Duckworth, Pascal Dusapin, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Kaija Saariaho, Tan Dun, and others.
A New Millennium. The final session will discuss music of the past 10 years — looking at the perspective of both the digital renegade as well as the globalized corporate composer. Primary trends in the music of Thomas Ades, William Duckworth, Pascal Dusapin, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Kaija Saariaho, Tan Dun, and others.
Beyond the Noise, Session Five
Open thread for discussion and questions related to the fifth of the six-part series.
The Eighties and Nineties. This session discusses a different fin de siècle, with stylistic degeneration in a realm of exhausted ideas and dead ends – with attempts at new aesthetics playing out in a commodified marketplace of ideas. Primary trends in the music of John Adams, Glass and Reich, Henryk Górecki, Arvo Part, John Zorn, and others.
The Eighties and Nineties. This session discusses a different fin de siècle, with stylistic degeneration in a realm of exhausted ideas and dead ends – with attempts at new aesthetics playing out in a commodified marketplace of ideas. Primary trends in the music of John Adams, Glass and Reich, Henryk Górecki, Arvo Part, John Zorn, and others.
Beyond the Noise, Session Four
Open thread for discussion and questions related to the fourth of the six-part series.
The Sixties and Seventies. We will look at the high-water mark for stylistic pluralism, freewheeling experimentalism, and the collision of primitivism and high complexity. Primary currents in the music of George Crumb, Gyorgi Ligeti, Harry Partch, James Tenney, Iannis Xenakis – as well as in the birth of pulse-driven tonal minimalism.
The Sixties and Seventies. We will look at the high-water mark for stylistic pluralism, freewheeling experimentalism, and the collision of primitivism and high complexity. Primary currents in the music of George Crumb, Gyorgi Ligeti, Harry Partch, James Tenney, Iannis Xenakis – as well as in the birth of pulse-driven tonal minimalism.
Beyond the Noise, Session Three
Open thread for discussion and questions related to the third of the six-part series.
John Cage and the Post-War Aesthetic Revolution. This session will examine the work of John Cage and the “liberation of sound.” We will consider both the playful and theoretical aspects of Cage’s work and delve into his influence on European composers including the Darmstadt circle (Boulez, Stockhausen) as well as the New York and Pacific Rim Schools.
John Cage and the Post-War Aesthetic Revolution. This session will examine the work of John Cage and the “liberation of sound.” We will consider both the playful and theoretical aspects of Cage’s work and delve into his influence on European composers including the Darmstadt circle (Boulez, Stockhausen) as well as the New York and Pacific Rim Schools.
Beyond the Noise, Session Two
Open thread for discussion and questions related to the second of the six-part series.
The Rest is Noise, Part Two. A consideration of Part Two of The Rest is Noise: with a focus on the birth of a new avant-garde through American experimentalism – Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, Johanna Beyer, and Lou Harrison – and their effect on Europe.
The Rest is Noise, Part Two. A consideration of Part Two of The Rest is Noise: with a focus on the birth of a new avant-garde through American experimentalism – Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, Johanna Beyer, and Lou Harrison – and their effect on Europe.
Beyond the Noise, Session One
Open thread for discussion and questions related to the first of the six-part series.
The Rest is Noise, Part One. A consideration of Part One of The Rest is Noise: the primary aesthetic streams of early 20th Century music - Strauss, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky – and their legacy into the present.
The Rest is Noise, Part One. A consideration of Part One of The Rest is Noise: the primary aesthetic streams of early 20th Century music - Strauss, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky – and their legacy into the present.
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