HMU126H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Tintinnabuli, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich
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The development of bespoke systems and methods. Looks to genres outside of art music. Most composers/artists reject post-modernism (it has a short shelf life) (and is generally tired) One of the world"s most well-known living composers. Sought a manner of composition that differed from the avant-garde and experimental tradition. Studies at the tallinn conservatory where he is exposed to the music of bartok, shostakovich and. Studies a few serial pieces that penetrated the iron curtain. A heavily influenced by his devout christianity, his dedication to using religious texts put him in conflict with soviet aesthetics. In the late 1960s he undertakes a period of silent, contemplative study, focusing on the vocal music of the middle ages and renaissance. Emerged from this period with his tintinnabulli technique, a style of composition that would come to define his future works. 1981 he immigrates to berlin, via vienna, where he currently resides. Comes from the latin word for bell (tintinnabulum)
