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...Michael Faraday and German composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may seem to be unlikely bedfellows, but their legacies have been combined to surprising effect. A series of concerts by the Fromm Players at Harvard last weekend celebrating “60 Years of Electronic Music” demonstrated how classical music has absorbed technological advancements and how this influential fusion has opened up new possibilities for artistic creation...
...Pierre Schaeffer debuted the first piece of musique concrète in Paris, creating new avenues for music that have been explored over the last 60 years. The concerts celebrated the anniversary of this event, showcasing some of the most important works that have been inspired by these original experiments...
...basic premise of musique concrète is to make music that combines “real” sounds recorded in the everyday world with tape effects to create a dense, atmospheric work of art. The related discipline of electroacoustic music often involves a live performer, but they are simply one part of the mix alongside the pre-recorded sounds. New playing techniques and strange harmonies are blended in to stretch the music even further. Melodies and rhythms are buried deep and are often extremely difficult to find. In short, this is not the music you will be tested...
Last week’s concerts showcased a wide variety of the music that has been produced since Schaeffer’s great breakthroughs. Many of the pieces involved live musicians backed by electric sounds from the 32 loudspeakers that were distributed all around Paine Concert Hall. Others consisted purely of pre-recorded music. The music ranged from accessible, jazzy clarinet pieces to highly dissonant compositions for piano, flute, and four-channel tape...
...four concerts focused on the work of Karlheinz Stockhausen, a highly influential German composer noted for combining musique concrète with electrical music. Stockhausen, who died in December of last year, was at the forefront of avant-garde music, composing challenging but hugely influential works...