… has just made it onto my list of composers that I need to learn more about. One of my professors played the third movement for her string quartet in class, and I was blown away. It’s exactly the sort of sound I’m looking for. It creates this beautiful echoing effect through unique delays between the instruments entrances. It’s so organic in the way it builds and flows. It made me think that I’d like my music to be performed in large open stone buildings with a lot of resonance instead of in a concert hall with almost none. Removing the echoing removes some of the physical interaction we have with the music as it bounces off the surfaces and continues to reverberate through our bodies. The notes aren’t so important, but the sound and life are.
November 9, 2008...4:57 pm
Ruth Crawford Seeger…
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November 9, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I only just came across her 1926 violin sonata on a cd of American composers. I like it a lot; I want to learn more about her, too!