Notes on the music of sound: Material, Medium & Manner (first part)
Daniel Barbiero
(These notes aren’t intended to be a systematic consideration of timbral music; instead, they record some suggestions and impressions.)
The music of timbre considered qua sound imagines timbre as something in itself, as a...
Fifty Years After the Way: James Tenney’s Meta+Hodos
Composer James Tenney’s Meta+Hodos was an early formulation of what he described as a “conceptual framework for musical description and analysis.” Tellingly, Tenney chose as his title an etymological breakdown of the word “method,”...
Gesture – Event – Structure
di Daniel Barbiero
In questo sito, del contrabbassista Daniel Barbiero ho già avuto modo di parlare (1). Residente a Washington DC, Daniel è uno dei più attivi ed oculati musicisti di quella zona, sempre proteso...