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For most of the 90s, Aphex Twin ran counter to what was happening in mainstream dance music. He was messing with low-key ambience during the forceful Eurodance of “Rhythm is a Dancer.” Moved to harsh industrial noise as Europe was smitten by the dreamy trance of Robert Miles’ “Children.” And when Prodigy and Chemical Brothers… Continue lendo How Aphex Twin Spurned the 90s Dance Mainstream (“Windowlicker”) | New British Canon
Morton Feldman's For John Cage, written in the final phase of his career, is, typically for this period, a long work, almost 70 minutes. It is atypical, however, when one considers on how few occasions he actually wrote for this particular pairing of instruments: In 1951 there were "Extensions 1" and "Projections IV"; in 1963,… Continue lendo MORTON FELDMAN – For John Cage (1982)
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpL80kd9qcY Music: Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce TippetteMorton Feldman: Coptic Light, performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Peter Eötvös [original… Continue lendo Confronting Stillness: The Life and Works of Morton Feldman
An analysis of John Cage’s Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1950-1951) by composer Samuel Andreyev. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIc5pO4tBwg The recording used for the musical excerpts is by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Lukas Foss, with soloist Yuji Takahashi. IntroductionThe StructureInstrumentationPrepared PianoCompositional ProcessThe Rhythmic StructureThe ScoreTwo Different WorldsBreakdownFavourite MomentConclusions I found the following… Continue lendo Is this John Cage’s most beautiful piece? – SAMUEL ANDREYEV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xj2OEz2Ebk ¿Quieres percibir con tu oído cómo se va transformando la música desde el siglo XIX hasta el siglo XX? Lo hacemos comenzando con la música para piano de Liszt, pasando por el impresionismo de Debussy y llegando hasta Messiaen y al jazz de Bill Evans. Escuchamos también a Prokofiev y Bartók y vemos cómo… Continue lendo Transformaciones musicales. El piano del romanticismo al siglo XX – RAQUEL ALLER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN2zcLBr_VM ... the master's "silent piece"1. tacet2. tacet3. tacetArmin Fuchs - piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEFKFiXSx4 A performance by William Marx of John Cage's 4'33. Filmed at McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert, CA. Composer John Adams wrote the following in The New York Times review of Mr. Cage's new biography, "The Zen of Silence" : "John Cage.... prodded us… Continue lendo 4’33” for Piano (1952) – JOHN CAGE
ComCiência - Revista Eletrônica de Jornalismo Científico, Dossiê 196 (Música), março de 2018 Mesmo que muitos elementos da música possam ser analisados por uma perspectiva matemática, a forma como a percebemos é altamente subjetiva Existem poucas coisas mais cotidianas e indefiníveis que a música, presente em todas as culturas, sob uma infinidade de formas. Essa indeterminação a situa… Continue lendo A percepção musical envolve conceitos matemáticos, mas essa é só uma parte da história (Ignacio Amigo)
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