http://www.metafilter.com/tags/anthonybraxton Posts tagged with 'anthonybraxton' at MetaFilter. Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:39:25 -0800 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:39:25 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/47735/Get%2Dready%2Dfor%2Dthe%2DThird%2DMillennium%2Dpeople <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton/">Anthony Braxton and the Tri-Centric Foundation |</a> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/">Wesleyan University</a> recently hosted a semester-long 60th birthday celebration for visionary composer and musician <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton/abbio.html">Anthony Braxton</a>. Learn about Braxton's <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton/tricentric.html">foundation</a> for musical exploration, and his <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton/braxtonhouse/bh007.html">peculiar</a> <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton/braxtonhouse/bh001.html">system</a> for <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton/braxtonhouse/bh004.html">naming</a> his <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton/braxtonhouse/bh006.html">compositions</a>; read a few of his <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton/papers/death-after-4.html">dense</a> and <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton/papers/american-lit-F.html">cryptic</a> research papers on many <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton/papers/shakespeare-1.html">subjects</a> (full contents <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton/papers/">here</a>); peruse a <a href="http://www.restructures.net/BraxDisco/BraxDisco.htm">remarkably comprehensive discography</a> of his works; read a brief and interesting <a href="http://www.newalbion.com/artists/braxtona/">interview</a> with him, and if that doesn't feed your curiosity, dive head-first into an <a href="http://mheffley.web.wesleyan.edu/ab3m/ab3m1.htm">absolutely gargantuan interview</a> with this important composer; listen to interviews with Braxton from <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/BraxtonAM1140">1971</a> and <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/BraxtonSOM">1985</a>; and, finally, give a listen to <i><a href="http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=12">Composition No. 186</a></i>, part of Braxton's "Ghost-Trance" series. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.47735 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:39:25 -0800 anthonybraxton avantgarde braxton composers jazz music musicians Dr. Wu