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Tag: Perspectives of New Music

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Babbitt String Quartet no. 3

March 24, 2016September 17, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed (in the only existing recording I am aware of) by the Fine Arts quartet, the dedicatee of the work As with any relatively intricate composition, further rehearings or — more realistically— further recalling should lead the listener from those local coherences … Continue reading Babbitt String Quartet no. 3

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Babbitt: Composition for Twelve Instruments

August 27, 2015March 28, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the people listed here, directed by the very friendly Erik Carlson “… entire twelve-tone compositions may be seen to be consequences of the structure of the original sets on which they are based, thus revealing “those attributes of … Continue reading Babbitt: Composition for Twelve Instruments

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Babbitt: Composition for Four Instruments

August 26, 2015March 28, 2017 Fugue for Thought

played by any of the people in the recordings listed here, or as below (more detail on the performers later, but they are listed in the YouTube video’s info “… the general lesson of Composition for Four Instruments is that … Continue reading Babbitt: Composition for Four Instruments

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