Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Onlinehttp://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=179&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Percussion Artists on Rhapsody OnlinePercussionen720Fri, 8 Jan 2010 08:01:13 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=179&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online John Cage http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5979&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss 20th/21st Century Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:21:54 -0800 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5979 art.5979 John Cage art.5979 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5979&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5979&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Variations IV, represents a sonic collage of random bits of music in countless genres, fragments of conversation, speeches, chanting, and various kinds of white noise. The overall effect is similar to hearing the soundtrack of a movie with no plot. This style of music is known as "musique concrete." - Noah Enelow]]> Leo Bloomfield http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.28421253&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Percussion Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:12:51 -0700 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.28421253 art.28421253 Leo Bloomfield art.28421253 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.28421253&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.28421253&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Uakti http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.52727&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Percussion Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:33:54 -0700 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.52727 art.52727 Uakti art.52727 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.52727&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.52727&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Lou Harrison http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4130&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Twenty-First Century Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:05:24 -0700 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4130 art.4130 Lou Harrison art.4130 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4130&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4130&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss So Percussion http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6988810&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Classical Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:54:36 -0700 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6988810 art.6988810 So Percussion art.6988810 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6988810&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6988810&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Amid the Noise found the group venturing into less immediately percussive territory with an album full of chiming harmonies as softly volatile as a field full of dandelion tufts. - Philip Sherburne]]> Edgard Varèse http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11984802&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Musique Concrete Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:22:09 -0800 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.11984802 art.11984802 Edgard Varèse art.11984802 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11984802&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11984802&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss American composer of French origin. He studied with dIndy at the Schola Cantorum (1903-5) and Widor at the Paris Conservatoire (1905-7), then moved to Berlin, where he met Strauss and Busoni. In 1913 he returned to Paris, but in 1915 he emigrated to New York; nearly all his compositions disappeared at this stage, with the exception of a single published song and an orchestral score, Bourgogne (1908), which he took with him but destroyed towards the end of his life. His creative output therefore effectively begins with Am?riques for large orchestra (1921), which, for all its echoes of Debussy and of Stravinsky's early ballets, sets out to discover new worlds of sound: fiercely dissonant chords, rhythmically complex polyphonies for percussion and/or wind, forms in continuous evolution with no large-scale recurrence.

In 1921 he and Carlos Salzedo founded the International Composers Guild, who gave the first performances of several of his works for small ensemble, these prominently featuring wind and percussion, and presenting the innovations of Am?riques in pure, compact form: Hyperprism (1923), Octandre (1923) and Int?grales (1925). Arcana (1927), which returns to the large orchestra and extended form with perfected technique, brought this most productive period to an end.

There followed a long stay in Paris (1928-33), during which he wrote Ionisation for percussion orchestra (1931), the first European work to dispense almost entirely with pitched sounds, which enter only in the coda. He also took an interest in the electronic instruments being developed (he had been calling for electronic means since his arrival in the USA), and wrote for two theremins or ondes martenot in Ecuatorial for bass, brass, keyboards and percussion (1934). The flute solo Density 21. 5 (1936) was then his last completed work for nearly two decades.

During this time he taught sporadically and also made plans for Espace, which was to have involved simultaneous radio broadcasts from around the globe; an Etude pour Espace for chorus, pianos and percussion was performed in 1947. Then, with electronic music at last a real possibility owing to the development of the tape recorder, he produced D?serts for wind, percussion and tape (1954) and a Po?me ?lectronique (1957-8), devised to be diffused in the Philips pavilion at the Brussels Exposition of 1958. His last years were devoted to projects on themes of night and death, including the unfinished Nocturnal for voices and chamber orchestra (1961). ]]> Evelyn Glennie http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9705&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Percussion Tue, 19 May 2009 11:59:12 -0700 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9705 art.9705 Evelyn Glennie art.9705 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9705&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9705&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Andras Schiff http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.22648945&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Percussion Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:21:04 -0800 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.22648945 art.22648945 Andras Schiff art.22648945 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.22648945&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.22648945&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.23221216&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Percussion Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:23:20 -0800 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.23221216 art.23221216 Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss art.23221216 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.23221216&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.23221216&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Richard Friedman http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9264969&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Percussion Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:55:35 -0700 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9264969 art.9264969 Richard Friedman art.9264969 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9264969&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9264969&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Chen Yi http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40649&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Twenty-First Century Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:46:57 -0700 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.40649 art.40649 Chen Yi art.40649 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40649&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40649&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Stephen Hager http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.23046335&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Percussion Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:58:05 -0800 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.23046335 art.23046335 Stephen Hager art.23046335 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.23046335&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.23046335&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Christine McLuhan http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.28421230&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Percussion Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:35:32 -0700 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.28421230 art.28421230 Christine McLuhan art.28421230 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.28421230&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.28421230&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss David Holland 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.28377226&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Dan Graham http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.23046099&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Percussion Wed, 6 Jan 2010 12:56:36 -0800 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.23046099 art.23046099 Dan Graham art.23046099 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.23046099&variant=play&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.23046099&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Bikram Ghosh http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.59249&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fpercussion%2Fartist-chart.rss Percussion Fri, 5 Dec 2008 18:56:52 -0800 Top Percussion Artists on Rhapsody Online art.59249 art.59249 Bikram Ghosh art.59249 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