An Appreciation of Milton's Piano Music
1986; Perspectives of New Music; Volume: 24; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/833210
ISSN2325-7180
Autores Tópico(s)Music Technology and Sound Studies
ResumoY LEARNING MANY of Milton's piano works, performing them, and then reworking them several months (or years) later to play again, I have experienced that Milton's pieces, like all works destined to become classic, lead a life of their own-collectively, as a wonderfully unique body of works by the same composer; and individually, for each work creates its own expressive realm. The first work of Milton's that I learned was Three Compositionsfor Piano (1947), and that was in 1977. How hard I remember working on the treacherous first piece of this group, striving for fluid, dynamic clarity at those demonic tempi! The second piece I learned to consider as a kaleidescope of harmonies, and the third as a playful scherzando. It's a long jump from Three Compsitions to Reflections (1974) for piano and synthesized tape, but that was the next piece of Milton's I learned-to perform in the 1981 Musica Nova Festival (Glasgow). With Reflctions, I began a process
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