The Listening Composer
Title | The Listening Composer PDF eBook |
Author | George Perle |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1990-06-11 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780520917835 |
George Perle takes us into the composer's workshop as he reevaluates what we call "twentieth-century music"—a term used to refer to new or modern or contemporary music that represents a radical break from the tonal tradition, or "common practice," of the preceding three centuries. He proposes that this music, in the course of breaking with the tonal tradition, presents coherent and definable elements of a new tradition. In spite of the disparity in their styles, idioms, and compositional methods, he argues, what unites Scriabin, Stravinsky, Bartók, and the Viennese circle (Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern) is more important than what separates them. If we are to understand the connections among these mainstream composers, we also have to understand their connections with the past. Through an extraordinarily comprehensive analysis of a single piece by Varèse, Density 21.5 for unaccompanied flute, Perle shows how these composers refer not only to their contemporaries but also to Wagner, Debussy, and Beethoven. Perle isolates the years 1909-10 as the moment of revolutionary transformation in the foundational premises of our musical language. He asks: What are the implications of this revolution, not only for the composer, but also for the listener? What are the consequences for the theory and teaching of music today? In his highly original answers, Perle relates the role of intuition in the listening experience to its role in the compositional process. Perle asserts that the post-Schoenbergian serialists have preoccupied themselves with secondary and superficial aspects of Schoenberg's twelve-tone method that have led it to a dead end but he also exposes the speciousness of current alternatives such as chance music, minimalism, and the so-called return to tonality. He offers a new and more comprehensive definition of "twelve-tone music" and firmly rejects the notion that accessibility to the new music is reserved for a special class of elite listeners.
The Composer As Listener
Title | The Composer As Listener PDF eBook |
Author | Irving Kolodin |
Publisher | Literary Licensing, LLC |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2012-04-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781258290436 |
Musical Experience of Composer, Performer, Listener
Title | Musical Experience of Composer, Performer, Listener PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Sessions |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 134 |
Release | 2015-03-08 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1400871042 |
One of America's foremost contemporary composers, professor of music at the University of California, Roger Sessions here discusses the musical experience of the composer, the performer, the listener. He believes this experience to be shared, on in which all three participants play vital roles, and in this book he speaks especially to the listener. Mr. Sessions finds that the artist-public relationships has been shifted to that of producer and consumer in big business. But his reply to his own question about a threat to the future of music is both a challenge and an expression of hope. A fascinating little book that will be read with pleasure by people at all levels of musical education. Originally published in 1950. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Composer as Listener
Title | The Composer as Listener PDF eBook |
Author | Irving Kolodin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN |
Music and the Skillful Listener
Title | Music and the Skillful Listener PDF eBook |
Author | Denise Von Glahn |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2013-04-09 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0253006627 |
Explores the relationship between listening and musical composition focusing on nine American women composers inspired by the sounds of the natural world
Deep Listening
Title | Deep Listening PDF eBook |
Author | Pauline Oliveros |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Aleatory music |
ISBN | 0595343651 |
Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice offers an exciting guide to ways of listening and sounding. This book provides unique insights and perspectives for artists, students, teachers, meditators and anyone interested in how consciousness may be effected by profound attention to the sonic environment . Deep Listening(R) is a practice created by composer Pauline Oliveros in order to enhance her own as well as other's listening skills. She teaches this practice worldwide in workshops, retreats and in her ground breaking Deep Listening classes at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Mills College. Deep Listening practice is accessible to anyone with an interest in listening. Undergraduates with no musical training benefit from the practices and successfully engage in creative sound projects. Many report life changing effects from participating in the Deep Listening classes and retreats. Oliveros is recognized as a pioneer in electronic music and a leader in contemporary music as composer, performer, educator and author. Her works are performed internationally and her improvisational performances are documented extensively on recordings, in the literature and on the worldwide web.
The Listening Book
Title | The Listening Book PDF eBook |
Author | W. A. Mathieu |
Publisher | Shambhala Publications |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 1991-03-27 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0834827670 |
The Listening Book is about rediscovering the power of listening as an instrument of self-discovery and personal transformation. By exploring our capacity for listening to sounds and for making music, we can awaken and release our full creative powers. Mathieu offers suggestions and encouragement on many aspects of music-making, and provides playful exercises to help readers appreciate the connection between sound, music, and everyday life.