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A Circle With Four Corners: Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson’s Rough Thoughts on Composition
I have decided to put down some thoughts about composition on “paper.” I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time but never found a suitable occasion. Maybe it’s a rough draft of or for something. I divided my thoughts into four parts that roughly correlate with what many people supposedly associate with the…
Alvin Curran, alvin lucier, Beethoven, Bellini, Brahms, Charles Ross, Charles Taylor, Christian Wolff, contemporary classical music, Dainin Katagiri Roshi, Fats Domino, Frank Denyer, Frescobaldi, Handel, Haydn, Helmut Lachenmann, Horațiu Rǎdulescu, Iceland, james tenney, just intonation, liszt, Little Richard, Luciano Berio, microtonality, morton feldman, Mozart, Papua New Guinea, Pauline Oliveros, Peter Ablinger, Pitch, S.L.A.T.U.R., Time, Trees, Wagner -
It’s magical that no one kills each other: In conversation with Bao Nguyen
Zoom conversation between Bao Nguyen and Jonathan Pfeffer that took place on September 26, 2023, edited and condensed for clarity. Bao Nguyen: When I first moved to the US during high school, I didn’t know how to drive a car so I would walk a lot and take the bus. With public transport, you walk…