Music 1710F/G Lecture Notes - Christos Hatzis, Richard Taruskin, Minimal Music
5 Feb 2013
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There has been a general tendency to listen to music with less interest in the works themselves than in the trends they represent. (dahlhaus, 23) Musical style he refers to is meditative and minimalist music (12) Discussed on monday: somers" music synthesized modernist musical values with uniquely canadian cultural concerns. Born in greece, member of the greek orthodox faith. Emigrated to canada (via the us) in 1982. Pre-recorded elements include sounds of a locomotive and inuit throat singing. Interest in throat singing inspired by rejection of charlottetown. Accord (1992) (a package of constitutional reforms, many of which would have paved the way for aboriginal self-government). Not ratified after defeat in public referendum and rise of youth suicide (1994) its encounter with emigrant cultures. Piece is a metaphor for humanity as a whole. Spiritually and politically engaged music as a whole. haunted artist and remembered a locomotive in greece that scared and intrigued him.
