http://www.metafilter.com/tags/terryriley Posts tagged with 'terryriley' at MetaFilter. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:16:27 -0800 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:16:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/79702/Oh%2DSay%2DCan%2DYou%2DSee%2DThe%2DWay%2DI%2DPlay%2DIn%2DC <a href="http://www.terryriley.com/enter.htm">Terry Riley</a> celebrates <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDYi1Z3YV6Q">the 45th anniversary</a> of his groundbreaking composition, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjR4QYsa9nE">In C</a>. A major work in the history of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521015014/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">minimalist music</a>, In C has an incredibly flexible <a href="http://www.otherminds.org/SCORES/InC.pdf">score and performance guidelines</a>, which have inspired many musicians to make their own versions, including a <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2129873783723031361&ei=PTavSZHhAo2grwLUhaDlDw">French guitar quintet</a>, a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDYi1Z3YV6Qthe">traditional Chinese orchestra</a>, a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BqH5_9V4E">keyboard ensemble</a>, an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AU_S6cHu-s">all-synthesizer group</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJSEcoeCgus">CalArts Music students</a>, <a href="http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/2007/01/linfonie-vol-33-mantra-lp-1970-canada.html">French-Canadian hippies</a>, a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt5FqRPz2cI">Danish vocal and percussion ensemble</a>, another <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sit9OM3Pykw">percussion ensemble</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvy90BRVKYg">Japanese acidheads</a>, a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmSMTJD-_Mo">"laptop orchestra"</a>, the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc2G5b5NvE4">Bang on a Can Orchestra</a>, and a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmMUchJshh4">rock "orchestration"</a> by the Styrenes. No two versions can sound exactly the same, but it's still an open question how they will compare to the performance of In C at its <a href="http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/events/evt_11287.html">Carnegie Hall debut</a> next month. No recording of the original 1964 performance has ever been publicly released, but some eyewitness accounts can be found <a href="http://www.o-art.org/history/50s&_60s/Minimalism/Riley/InC_.html">here</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.79702 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:16:27 -0800 AcidMothersTemple BangOnACan experimental InC minimalism minimalist music percussion Riley synthesizer TerryRiley jonp72 http://www.metafilter.com/60095/Music%2Dwith%2DRoots%2Din%2Dthe%2DAether <a href="http://www.ubu.com/film/aether.html">"These are my friends. I love their music. They are among the most important people in my life. The portrait is shattered because I could not make it whole."</a> If you're bored this weekend, check out <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ashley">Robert Ashley</a>'s <i>Music with Roots in the Aether</i>. Each episode features a "landscape" (unusually-staged informal discussion) with a contemporary American composer, followed by a one-hour performance of his or her work. Subjects include the recently discussed <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/52996/I-am-going-to-play-it-back-into-the-room-again-and-again">Alvin Lucier</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/58404/Deep-Listening">Pauline Oliveros</a>, and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/59922/GTA-IV-GTA-VI-101607">Philip Glass</a>. More on <a href="http://www.robertashley.org/">Ashley</a> from <a href="http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=1194">NewMusicBox</a> and <a href="http://www.ubu.com/sound/ashley.html">Ubu</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60095 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:11:13 -0800 alvinlucier avantgarde davidbehrman gordonmumma music paulineoliveros philipglass robertashley terryriley roll truck roll