Sudden Music
Author | : David Rothenberg |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780820323183 |
ISBN-13 | : 0820323187 |
Rating | : 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "The accompanying audio disc features eleven original compositions by Rothenberg, none previously released on CD. Included are a duet with clarinet and white-crested laughing bird and a duet with clarinet and Samchillian TipTipTip Cheeepeeeee, and electronic computer instrument played by its inventor, Leon Gruenbaum. Also featured are multicultural works blending South Indian veena and Turkish G-clarinet with spoken text from the Upanishads; a piece commissioned by the Tanglewood Contemporary Music Festival with readings of texts by E.O. Wilson accompanied by clarinet and electronics; and improvisations based on Tibetan Buddhist music, Japanese shakuhachi music, and the image of a black crow on white snow."--BOOK JACKET.