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SpiraleDuSoleil 
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Posted: June 05 2005 at 16:09 |
I have just heard a piece of contemporary music which is called In C.
It is a composition created of a composer called Terry Riley, and one can
read the playing instructions here.
http://www.otherminds.org/SCORES/InC.pdf
I must say I found this piece quite fascinating, although it might not be
definable as prog..
Do any of you know about progoriented contemporary classical music?
Avantgarde, minimalism etc?
thanks
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BaldJean
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Posted: June 05 2005 at 16:16 |
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Of the same composer "A Rainbow in the Curved Air" (the band Curved Air
named themselves after that piece of music). Steve Reich or
Philip Glass are other composers who have some prog orientation or are
often found in the collections of people who collect prog. In Germany
Peter-Michael Hamel.
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JrKASperov
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Posted: June 05 2005 at 16:17 |
I was thinking of Pioneers in C, but that's probably something else 
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Epic.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: June 05 2005 at 16:22 |
 JrKASperov wrote:
I was thinking of Pioneers in C, but that's probably something else |
You probably meant "Pioneers Over c" by Van der Graaf Generator. A song about people who pass "c", the speed of light.
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Joren
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Posted: June 05 2005 at 16:57 |
JrKASperov wrote:
I was thinking of Pioneers in C, but that's probably something else |
d'oh!
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Joren
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Posted: June 05 2005 at 16:57 |
On topic: I believe I have heard "In C" once, but I don't remember very well if I liked it or not... I will listen to it again some time. I am currently busy exploring the work of his minimal music colleagues Steve Reich and Philip Glass.
By the way, I was told in class (I study Musicolog), that Terry Riley's "In C" was at the time of its release very provocative, because, back then, you were supposed to compose atonal or serial music if you wanted to be taken seriously as a composer.
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Posted: June 05 2005 at 17:08 |
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Some of Laurie Anderson's stuff also.
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 05:02 |
Yes, go on the previous recommendations...Contrary to what have been said, IN C is absolutely not the best Terry Riley effort despite that it is very inovative (the way of composing)...check his "Organ of cortis" serie, just mesmerizing...also take an interest for radical minimalist (idian raga sound like with endless repetitive patterns ) drone music (La monte Young for the old generation, Ian Nagoski for the young one)
you can have more informations about minimalism and avant garde music on my personnal page in prog archives or on my forum
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 05:06 |
JrKASperov wrote:
I was thinking of Pioneers in C, |
Me too!
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philippe
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 05:20 |
Joren wrote:
On topic: I believe I have heard "In C" once, but I don't remember very well if I liked it or not... I will listen to it again some time. I am currently busy exploring the work of his minimal music colleagues Steve Reich and Philip Glass.
By the way, I was told in class (I study Musicolog), that Terry Riley's "In C" was at the time of its release very provocative, because, back then, you were supposed to compose atonal or serial music if you wanted to be taken seriously as a composer.
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Harry Parth was one of the first to explore post modernism, minimalism western music, rejecting "dodecaphonism"...also Morton Feldman (known for his collaboration with John Cage). Riley came a few years later.
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 05:24 |
Musicology is not the best way to study this music...choose ethnomusicology, it's by far better 
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 06:40 |
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Gilbert Rouget, Jean Rouch, Manfred Kelkel... can reach you into meta-music
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BaldJean
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 07:25 |
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Not to forget Pierre Boulez. Not a minimalist but certainly quite experimental music.
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 07:26 |
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And Stockhausen, of course.
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philippe
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 07:32 |
 in fact nothing to do with minimalism...Boulez music just sounds horrible to my ears . Among electro acoustic and "musique concrete" composers I have admiration for Luc Ferrari and all artists who collaborate to the GRM.
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 07:38 |
Noit necessarily for minimalism but also check out:
Pierre Henry
Lasry's La Structures Sonore
Milton Subotnik
Wendy Carlos (specifically Sonic Seasonings)
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 07:53 |
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also look for Luigi Nono and Penderecki
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 07:57 |
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I have a few versions of Terry Riley's In C, including a collaborative effort with Brian Eno.The original version is the best IMHO.
Also;his (Riley) collaboration with John Cale on Church of Anthrax is well worth a listen.
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 08:48 |
BaldJean wrote:
also look for Luigi Nono and Penderecki |
Christine GROULT's tribute to Nono is absolutely fascinating!! maybe better than Nono himself
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Posted: June 06 2005 at 08:53 |
Man Erg wrote:
I have a few versions of Terry Riley's In C, including a collaborative effort with Brian Eno.The original version is the best IMHO.
Also;his (Riley) collaboration with John Cale on Church of Anthrax is well worth a listen. |
Church of Anthrax is very disconcerted and regrettable ...for me this is a joke!!
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