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Martin Boykan and Richard Festinger Harmonic Movement and Backgrounds

26 October 2023
In progress… Yesterday at Oktaven Studios in Mount Vernon, New York, Cygnus recorded Martin Boykan’s “Diptych” and Richard Festinger’s “Hidden Spring”. Some notes on Boykan, HERE. Those comments mostly about …
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Thinking about Scott Johnson, by Frank Brickle

20 July 2023
Composer Frank Brickle shares his thoughts about Scott Johnson Frank Brickle was always less pig-headed than I was. Frank was an early advocate for Morton Feldman within certain cirlces in which and at a time when Feldman was a hard sell. He advocated …
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Anecdote: RSF Found Dina Koston and her relationship with David Del Tredici

22 May 2023
Dina Koston, founder of the RSF, complained about neo-romantic music. The phrase I remember her using was “warmed-over Schumann”. But that was directed at other names, not at Del Tredici. I was surprised to learn that she programmed the music of …
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Picaresque Resouces for David Del Tredici's Herrick's Oratorio

22 May 2023
Trickters Picaros and Del Tredici’s Herrick Some picaresque resources Access to the Picaresque, roughly from more probable to less probable — Bugs Bunny Rocky and Bullwinkle Barry Lyndon Gulliver’s Travels Moll Flanders The Reivers Pynchon Til …
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Susan Bernofsky's Walser Biography, and touching on Sebastian Currier and Anna Weesner

16 January 2022
Bernofsky & Walser –Clairvoyant of the Small– The Life of Robert Walser By Susan Bernofsky Susan Bernofsky’s biography beautifully captures the sweep of Walser’s crazy life, despite gaps with scant records of his …
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Agustín Castilla-Ávila's Hazm setting

4 November 2021
Agustín Castilla-Ávila’s “True Love is Not a Flower” see http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/hazm/dove/chp4-7.html Agustín Castilla-Ávila’s music often sets into motion something that I’ve come to think of as instrumental …
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루프를 기반으로 한 음악들

28 June 2021
루프를 기반으로 한 음악들 처음 차승민을 만난 것은 2010년, 대금 연주자인 그가 국가 문화 교류 사업의 일환으로 뉴욕을 방문했을 때였다. 당시 나는 예전 자리에 있던 ’룰렛’에서 열린 …
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La Musique en Boucle

23 June 2021
La Musique en Boucle John Chang sur Seungmin Cha En 2010, j’ai rencontré Seungmin Cha pour la première fois, une joueuse de daegeum (flûte traversière en bambou d’origine coréenne) qui recevait une bourse gouvernementale d’échange culturel …
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