Archive for 'Music'
The Court Gossip – 5. Clamoring For Clout (Text and Scores)
Posted on 19. Jul, 2011 by admin.
Click for full score Note: The free Scorch plug-in is required to view the scores in your browser. Turn off your speaker volume, since the score documents are formatted with non-standard MIDI settings and will produce only drum sounds. Text: 5. Clamoring For Clout He’s a much cleverer philosopher than I am. He’s more famous [...]
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The Court Gossip – 4. The Thick Moment (Text and Scores)
Posted on 19. Jul, 2011 by admin.
Click for full score Note: The free Scorch plug-in is required to view the scores in your browser. Turn off your speaker volume, since the score documents are formatted with non-standard MIDI settings and will produce only drum sounds. Text: 4. The Thick Moment This patient’s spinning stories in extended present tense, testing a possibility [...]
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The Court Gossip – 3. Speaking for Our Selves (Text and Scores)
Posted on 19. Jul, 2011 by admin.
Click for full score Note: The free Scorch plug-in is required to view the scores in your browser. Turn off your speaker volume, since the score documents are formatted with non-standard MIDI settings and will produce only drum sounds. Text: 3. Speaking For Our Selves He thinks I leave out (That he omits) phenomena! Does [...]
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The Court Gossip – 2. epi sodes (Text and Scores)
Posted on 19. Jul, 2011 by admin.
Click for full score Note: The free Scorch plug-in is required to view the scores in your browser. Turn off your speaker volume, since the score documents are formatted with non-standard MIDI settings and will produce only drum sounds. Text: 2. epi sodes Never have we encountered such a patient with so many different epi-sodes [...]
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The Court Gossip – 1. The Origin of Selves (Text and Scores)
Posted on 19. Jul, 2011 by admin.
Click for full score Note: The free Scorch plug-in is required to view the scores in your browser. Turn off your speaker volume, since the score documents are formatted with non-standard MIDI settings and will produce only drum sounds. Text: 1. The Origin of Selves The tide rolls in Crash The tide rolls in Crashes [...]
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The Court Gossip: Synopsis
Posted on 19. Jul, 2011 by admin.
Roles The patient “Mary” Her “alter” Sandy The writers Daniel Dennett and Nicholas Humphrey, working on a paper about her The composer Brian Felsen, writing a series of art songs about them. Synopsis I. The Origin of Selves The music opens with a flashback to childhood trauma. Daniel Dennett and Nicholas Humphrey replay the report [...]
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Reviews of “View From the Strangers’ Gallery”
Posted on 17. Jul, 2011 by admin.
REVIEWS OF VIEW FROM THE STRANGERS’ GALLERY “Bravo! I like your piece. It is fresh and different. You have your own voice…you employ a very original use of jazz, of dissonance. The work is very convincing and humorous. Looking forward to hearing it live…and more great music from both of us!” – Lukas Foss, legendary [...]
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The Court Gossip: Five Songs About Multiple Personality Disorder
Posted on 13. Jul, 2011 by admin.
The Court Gossip is a song cycle scored for two pop singers, string quartet, trombone, trumpet, flute, and piano. Selections from the work were first presented at the ArtSci festival in NYC in 2001. The fascinating history of the work: In composing my “rock opera for orchestra” View From the Strangers’ Gallery, I collaborated with [...]
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