Kyle Gann

"Vous ne croyez pas que cette fois, John est allé trop loin ?" demanda la mère de John Cage suite à la première représentation de 4’33’’ en 1952. Aucun son ne s'était alors fait entendre. Du moins, aucun son issu de l’instrument du pianiste David... Lire la suite

In 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called Concord Sonata confounded the recipients, as did the... Lire la suite

L’Américain Kyle Gann est seul à la manœuvre dans la pièce titulaire, «opéra de poche» électronique écrit entre 1995 et 1999, réflexion musicale sur la rencontre historique entre deux mondes aux cultures en conflit - mais peut-être pas si... Lire la suite

In recent years the music of minimalist composers such as La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass has, increasingly, become the subject of important musicological reflection, research and debate. Scholars have also been turning... Lire la suite

"Tuning is the secret lens through which the history of music falls into focus," says Kyle Gann. Yet in Western circles, no other musical issue is so ignored, so taken for granted, so shoved into the corners of musical discourse. A classroom... Lire la suite

One of the most innovative composers of his generation, Mikel Rouse is known for a trilogy of operas that includes Dennis Cleveland and a gift for superimposing pop vernaculars onto avant-garde music. This memoir channels Rouse’s high energy... Lire la suite

Composer-performer Julius Eastman (1940-90) was an enigma, both comfortable and uncomfortable in the many worlds he inhabited: black, white, gay, straight, classical music, disco, academia, and downtown New York. His music, insistent and... Lire la suite