![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Morning Concert: 50th Anniversary of the Concert Societe Musicale Independante On May 5, 1926 six young American composers who had been working in Paris presented their chamber music to an audience of musicians, intelligentsia, and socialites in the famed Salle Pleyel (or perhaps the nearby Salle Chopin). The concert, arranged by Nadia Boulanger and sponsored by the Societe Musicale Independente, a group which included the most celebrated European composers of the time, gave the French one of their first chances to hear what Americans were capable of musically... Keywords: Chamber Music; Art Songs; Music and Interview; Societe Musicale Independante Downloads: 353 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Interview with Per Nørgård On November 30, 1970, Per Norgard, the then 38 year old Danish composer, talked with Charles Amirkhanian in the KPFA-FM Studios. Norgard discusses his early studies with Vagn Holmboe and others and explains his system of music composition known as the “infinity row”, which can generate compositions of any duration up to and including a millennium. These works which also have numerous layers and sub-layers constituted his output of the time... Keywords: Per Nørgård; KPFA-FM; Music and Interview; New Music; Electro-acoustic / Electronic; Composers Downloads: 217 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | George Antheil: String Quartet No. 1 Charles Amirkhanian discusses the challenges in performing George Antheil's Violin Sonata and String Quartet No. 1 with Antheil's wife and Anne Kish, a violinist. The tape starts with a discussion, recorded in the Berkeley home of Jeanne Stark, of Antheil’s 1923 “Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano” with Ann Kish, Böske Antheil, Jeanne Stark, and Charles Amirkhanian. This is followed by an interesting discussion of Antheil's importance by Kish, and comments by the composer's widow reminisci... Keywords: Music and Interview; 20th Century Classical; New Music; George Antheil Downloads: 73 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ode to Gravity: Interview with Bob Sheff Robert Sheff (aka Blue Gene Tyranny) interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian. Sheff discusses his career as a composer, performer and recording artist, including early activities growing up in Texas, his involvement with the ONCE festivals, his work at Mills College Center for New Music and his interest in composing for film. Compositions included (and discussed) include Black Forest Trading Post; Country Boy, Country Dog; L'Invasion Printainiere; and The Flow of Body and Mind (becomes Music for Any ... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Music and Interview; Electro-Acoustic/Electronic; KPFA-FM; Bob Sheff; Blue Gene Tyranny Downloads: 1,120 |
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