Tag: AVANTGARDE CLASSICAL COMPOSING

  • John Adams Approach

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    General Oscillating Triads – He Later Started to Stretch Out a Simply Triad (Oscillating Triad), i.e. Usually by Oscillating the Notes within It to Give it Sense of Activity or Instability – e.g. in Shaker Loops there is D Major Triad, then a E is Added, then the F# Shifts Back in 2 to the…

  • Olivier Messiaen Approach

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    General – Messiaen was Teacher for Harmony and Composition at Paris (Students Like Quincy Jones, Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, George Benjamin) – Messiaen Modes Provide a Huge Repertoire of Emotional Responses  – His “Modes of Limited Transposition” is a Set of Modes or Scales that Fit a Strict Set or Criteria Relating to Their Interval Groups…

  • Tristan Murail Approach

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    – Basically it is about Analysing Sound / Overtone Series to Create Spectral Harmonies & the Way these Individual Sounds are Grouped together into globally perceived Textures and How these Textures are Shaped in Time – He wanted to “Unfold” the “That Sound” from Moment to Moment – For Example from Minute to Minute a…