MUTH 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Postminimalism, Staccato, Woodwind Instrument
12 Mar 2016
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Operas on contemporary subjects ( cnn operas ), orchestral and chamber music. One of the most frequently performed art music composers currently acive. Considered post-minimalist : inluenced by minimalism but his music is more expressive. Opera about he invenion of the atomic bomb: based on leters. Found objects libreto, assembled by peter sellars: diverse libreto some things are very dry (based on leters), some things based on poetry. Minimalist elements (staic harmonies of ritornello) combine with a lyrical, expressive vocal lines: ritornello secion quite minimalist, ritornello closes the aria. What is minimalism? against eliism in europe egalitarian preforming ensemble. Minimal repeiion of the same moives emerging in america. Process music : having the music change gradually, the listener"s ear is drawn to the process of composiion, not complex like serialism/mathemaic procedures, basic layers. Post-minimalism inluenced by minimalism but departs from strict features. Dr. atomic: minimalist: ritornello and repeiion, staic harmonies, post-minimalist: vocalism, more tuneful.
