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<title>Philip Glass</title>
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<category>Minimalism</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Although he's one of the most influential figures in twentieth century music, Philip Glass has nevertheless earned the ire of some of his fellow Avant-Gardists for both his enormous success and his coinage of minimalist theory. A Julliard-trained classical musician whose ideas were greatly transformed when he was hired to transcribe Ravi Shankar's work, Glass embraced rhythm and repetition over the standard classical rules -- rules which had previously applied even to Avant-Garde classical. He was met with massive success during the '70s and '80s, working in concert halls, theatre, opera, film and even on pop recordings. Though often accused of overt repetition, it must be noted that Glass' music has become increasingly rich over the years, while still managing to maintain a certain accessibility on a basic, emotional level. His advances have trickled down into both the popular music we hear (David Bowie, Aphex Twin) and the alternate musical avenues that post-Glass artists are free to explore.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Tan Dun</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tan Dun grew up as a farmer in rural China; he's now scheduled to release a new opera to the New York's Metropolitan Opera in 2005. In between those two events Tan Dun has had a musical career of uncommon success. He is a composer of international stature concerned more with moving humanity on a deep level than with composing in any given school or classical genre. Among his most recent awards are the Academy Award for his soundtrack to the film <i>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</i>, and the Grawemeyer Award for his opera Marco Polo.]]></description>
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<title>Michael Nyman</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael Nyman is one of those rare composers whose scholarly and musical accomplishments have both brought him considerable fame. A film composer of the finest caliber, Nyman has contributed scores to several Peter Greenway films, including <I>The Cook, The Thief, Her Wife and His Lover</I>, and <I>Prospero's Books</I>, his modular style providing the perfect complement to director's beautifully composed images. His non-film music falls on the lighter side of the Avant-Garde, abandoning the bold, abstract statements of Stockhausen in favor the more accessible ethnic sound of "The Michael Nyman Band." But just as important as his musical work is his scholarly work. His 1974 book <I>Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond</I> has become an essential text for both casual connoisseurs of the genre to well-versed academics. And, lest we forget, Nyman coined the universally accepted musical term which many use to classify some of his own work: minimalism.
- Doug Russell]]></description>
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<title>John Adams</title>
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<category>Minimalism</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:44:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[John Adams is one of the most popular of contemporary composers, but this should hardly come as a surprise, as his work is vibrant, propulsive, exuberant and muscular. Unlike his Minimalist forebears -- Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Steve Reich -- Adams is loathe to work only within the confines of a system marked by its static nature, relying as it does upon repetition. The composer is a self-described "post-Minimalist," as much of his work utilizes the hypnotic, circular and (of course) repetitive rhythms found in the genre. However, it also displays ample variety in terms of sweeping dynamic shifts, changes in tonality and a willingness to indulge in decidedly dramatic developments. This is evident in his wonderful 1985 work <I>Harmonielehre</I>, in which the opening chords crash upon the listener with all the impact of an 18-wheeler being driven through a wall, leaving you with the same breathless feeling a Beethoven symphony can produce. The rush provided by the first movement is contrasted with the more subdued, lush and almost neo-Romantic second movement. In the third and final section, Adams allows for more than one tonal center, creating a kind of struggle that pushes the music forward with unshakeable vigor.
- Will Lerner]]></description>
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<title>John Rutter</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Arvo Part</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of contemporary classical's bestsellers, this Estonian composer's body of work is both heartbreakingly fragile and deeply contemplative. He began his career as a staunch serialist, using the style's dissonance as protest against his Soviet government. However, by the end of the '60s, Part's style shifted to what he calls "tintinnabulation," or the sound of bells. Marked by a minimalist focus on subtle, exact tone, his musical language harkens back to the simple, deep harmonies of early music while remaining absolutely modern. The music does not change key throughout the course of a given composition, giving the work its characteristic timeless, meditative quality. Themes of repentance and rebirth surround much of his work, which, choral work in particular, is unabashedly spiritual and absolutely sublime.
- Doug Russell]]></description>
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<title>John Corigliano</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:49:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[American composer most famous for his critically acclaimed, neo-Romantic film scores. He received "Best Original Score" Academy Award nominations for <i>Altered States</i> (1980) and <i>The Red Violin</i> (1999).
- Doug Russell]]></description>
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<title>Laurie Anderson</title>
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<category>Experimental</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Wojciech Kilar</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:59:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the finest and most established film composers around, Poland's Wojciech Kilar has been writing music for cinema since the 1960s. His catalogue is extraordinary despite his limited fame, including <I>The Voice From Beyond</I>, <I>Balance</I>, <I>Bram Stroker's Dracula</I> and <I>The Ninth Gate</I>. Immensely talented, his scores use drama without ever becoming gaudy or insincere. Poland's rich folk tradition can be found throughout his works, offering evidence of Kilar's heartfelt connection to his homeland. Most of his recent work has a decidedly religious feel (used to powerful effect in <I>The Ninth Gate</I>), yet maintains a strong connection to Avant-Garde techniques. Kilar has received numerous awards, including the Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund Award of Boston, as well as two official commendations from the Polish Minister of Culture.
- Doug Russell]]></description>
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<title>Alan Hovhaness</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:14:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jocelyn Pook</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:22:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Colleen</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Akira Ifukube</title>
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<category>Soundtracks</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:34:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[From the '50s on, this classical composer scored Soundtracks for <I>Godzilla</I> movies. Brass and strings attack with vigor, dramatizing the awesome terror, and drums beat out marches for the inspired warriors fighting the menacing monster.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Monkey</title>
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<category>China</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Jan 2009 08:38:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The musically restless Damon Albarn -- best known to the world as Blur's lead singer and co-creator of the Gorillaz -- has embarked on multiple peregrinations over the past few years, the latest of which have taken him to China. For <I>Monkey</I>, he's collaborated with Chinese actor and director Chen Shi-Zheng to stage the ancient tale of Monkey, a character who gets himself into trouble with the Buddha and has to go to India and retrieve some ancient texts to redeem himself. Working with designer Jamie Hewlett (who did the illustrations for the Gorillaz), Chen and Albarn have staged an opera that calls on C-Pop and rock, classical music and Chinese opera equally. It also upends opera's stodgy staging -- the show boasts a cast of 60, most of whom are circus performers, contortionists and kung fu masters. Beautifully designed, it's elicited both rave reviews and a certain discomfort from opera purists.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Gyorgy Ligeti</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Lou Harrison</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:05:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lou Harrison is a marquee name in avant music for good reason; his studies with Henry Cowell and Arnold Schoenberg and his work with John Cage gave him a strong grasp of contemporary theory. But the incorporation of Eastern musical traditions and micro-tonality really distinguished his work -- he employed everything from Indonesian gamelan instruments to tin cans. A friend and admirer of Charles Ives, Harrison was also a noted music scholar and political activist. Toward the end of his life, Harrison lived with longtime partner William Colvig in Joshua Tree, California, in a straw-bale house. He died in Lafayette, Indiana, in 2003 from a heart attack
- Nate Cavalieri]]></description>
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<title>Terry Riley</title>
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<category>Minimalism</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:14:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Terry Riley -- inventor of the repetitive, patterned musical style known as Minimalism -- has been a serious student of North Indian classical music since 1970, and his original music has borne its influence. His pieces, with instrumentation ranging from acoustic to electronic, often start with repeating riffs or drones which he overlays with intricately woven melodic lines and patterns derived from ragas, North Indian folk melodies. Though the patterns move quickly, the underlying harmonies remain the same throughout each piece. This harmonic stasis, which brings the listener into a peaceful, dreamlike trance, profoundly influenced the new age and ambient musical movements of the 1980s and '90s. Some of Riley's work involves more propulsive rhythms and veers closer to progressive rock, while his acoustic music for piano and saxophones recalls the world fusion experiments of jazz artists in the early 1970s.
- Howard Myint]]></description>
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<title>Ken Elkinson</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:31 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ken Elkinson's easygoing but sensitive piano sketches recall the work of George Winston. Is there any other new age piano template to use?
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 May 2009 09:33:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Iannis Xenakis</title>
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<category>Avant-Garde</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:02:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Iannis Xenakis (pronounced zah-nach-us) is among the most important Greek composers of the 20th century, of chief importance to musical modernism and -- perhaps due to his other career as an architect -- a major figure of the so-called "architectonic" school. His most widely performed works are for percussion solo and ensemble, including the immaculately constructed "Rebounds A + B."
- Nate Cavalieri]]></description>
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<title>Sarah Hopkins</title>
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<category>Avant-Garde</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hopkins uses a unique, circular bowing technique to create wonderfully enchanting sounds and effects with her cello. Other works utilize vocals in surprising ways to create drifting, descending sounds that sound nothing short of extraterrestrial.
- Will Lerner]]></description>
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<title>Ned Rorem</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:07:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Karlheinz Stockhausen</title>
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<category>Musique Concrete</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:02:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Born in a small village outside of Cologne, Germany, in 1928, Karlheinz
Stockhausen became a giant of 20th century composition. His prolific
catalog includes 35 works for orchestra, 46 for choir and 200 works of
electronic music, while his life and influence encompassed several
progressive musical movements, including total serialism, electronic
music, spatial music, chance music and even world music. He spent his
early career studying the serial techniques of Schoenberg and Webern,
taking them to unexplored regions in works such as <I>Kontra-Punkte</I>
and <I>Kreuzspiel</i>. In 1953, the composer began working in West
German Radio's Studio for Electronic Music, a tenure that lasted until
1998. Pieces from this period, the haunting <I>Kontakte</I> and his
groundbreaking spatial composition, <I>Gesang Der Junglinge</I>, had
immeasurable influence on the Avant-Garde, and are perhaps his most
enduring concepts.
By the late 1960s, Stockhausen's vision had exploded into the cosmos.
His work became increasingly expansive as he struggled to find sonic
material worthy of his extraordinary ambitions. Elaborate staging and
choreography became an integral part of works such as <I>Inori</I> and
<I>Sirius</I>, but these were a prelude to what became his masterpiece:
the seven-part opera cycle entitled <I>Licht</I>. Composed between 1977
and 2004, it is enormous in its narrative scope, spanning history from
the birth of the universe to the final stages of man's evolution;
indeed, it is 29 hours long. Shortly after its completion, a new song
cycle, <i>Klang</i>, based on the 24 hours of the day, began to take
shape. He would only compose a fraction of the "days," however, before
his death in December of 2007. In a letter written in early 2006
Stockhausen speculated on the direction of his new work. "It seems that
each hour contains the spiral of the 24 hours of the day, and that the
contents of the hours concern all of us. (It is recommended to ensure
your entry to a heaven's door already now)."
- Nate Baker]]></description>
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<title>Gerald Fried</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Fried's cinematic sketches include mournful piano-and-violin duets, patriotic fife-and-drum marches, and triumphant symphonic climaxes.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>Elliot Goldenthal</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:35:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>3 Leg Torso</title>
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<category>Klezmer</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This band's repertoire spans the breadth of Eastern European music and ventures into classical and Tango. They play frenetic original compositions that combine the energy of Klezmer with odd time changes. They also cover classic Yiddish folk tunes.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>Christian Matjias</title>
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<category>Piano</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:59:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Matjias considers himself as a "re-creative" musician, meaning he's best when reinterpreting the works of other composers. His piano playing is delicate, with broad, impressionistic passages highlighted by a soft, languid touch.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Christopher Bissonnette</title>
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<category>Post-Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:19:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Noah Creshevsky</title>
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<category>Electronic</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Kevin Volans</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:59:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Kevin Volans</rhap:artist>
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<title>Takashi Yoshimatsu</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:26:31 -0800</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Takashi Yoshimatsu</rhap:artist>
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<title>Chen Yi</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:46:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Chen Yi</rhap:artist>
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<title>Tod Machover</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:44:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Bright Sheng</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:45:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Morton Feldman</title>
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<category>Avant-Garde</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:02:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Morton Feldman (1926-1987) was an influential American composer whose works were inspired by the thriving downtown New York City fine-art scene of the 1950s and 1960s. He was influenced by abstract expressionists like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko and often referenced visual art through his alternative notation systems. His music is marked by his great love for the material qualities of instruments, the freedom of trusting his instincts and his aesthetic distance from mainstream compositional values.
He first met John Cage at a concert of Webern's works and went on to live in the same building as Cage, becoming his student. Feldman's 1950s and 1960s works were indeterminate or had improvisational elements and generally displayed reverence, austerity and quietude while developing startling harmonic invention and timbrale juxtaposition. In the 1970s, Feldman embraced the minimalist credo of repetition and began standardly notating music once again and directing such elements as pitch volume. In his later years, his works were extremely long, often over an hour, so listeners could experience the development of patterns and musical gestures from "inside" the music.
- Daphne Carr]]></description>
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<title>Daniel Asia</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Michael Daugherty</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:45:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Michael Daugherty</rhap:artist>
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<title>George Rochberg</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:33:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Amy White</title>
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<category>Piano</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Amy White</rhap:artist>
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<description><![CDATA[Solo piano with informed new age slant, though compositions are more "meaty" than your average crystal/tofu/socialist performer. Great playing and complex harmonies have a sort of innocent appeal going on.
- Henry B.]]></description>
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<title>Frances-Marie Uitti</title>
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<category>Avant-Garde</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:51:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Noted for her severely non-traditional method of playing a cello with two bows, Frances Marie Uitti makes intense, fiery improvisational music. Unlike single-bowed cellists, she's not limited to single harmonies. Complex, but not beyond musicality, her pieces are both smooth and unsettling.
- Jon Pruett]]></description>
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<title>Jack The Dog</title>
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<category>Avant-Garde</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:33:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Vibraphone and electric keyboard duo from Chicago performs original compositions combining skill, professional discipline, and a healthy dose of irreverence. Includes prerecorded parts, drones, sound collages and flourishes of Frank Zappa-esque instrumental virtuosity. Perhaps their most interesting (or at least notorious) work, "Missa Canibus," consists of an entire Catholic Mass composed around a canine theme, emphasizing biblical passages referring to the animal and organizing the words in mosostics reminiscent of John Cage's <i>Empty Words</i>.
- Doug Russell]]></description>
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<title>Paul Halley</title>
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<category>Twenty-First Century</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:58:24 -0700</pubDate>
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