Art of the StatesArt of the States: listen to new music from the USRecent Additions: Post-Modern Homages (1984-1991) by Stephen Hartke- October 30, 2007 "While not composed as a unified set, my six Post-Modern Homages share some common features: each was composed for a friend, and each addresses a narrowly defined musical issue, either the transformation of aspects of an existing piece of music, or working with strictly limited musical means."http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=355 Recent Additions: Dreams (1934-1935) by George Antheil- October 25, 2007 "Balanchine was looking for an American ballet sufficiently Parisian! I regret to say that he found exactly the combination of Americanness sic and Parisianness he wished in me. He had attended the premiere of Helen Retires, liked it (he was probably the only one), and on the strength of that commissioned me to write him a ballet. I did. It was called Dreams and had a d&233;cor by Derain, explained by Balanchine in gorgeous Balanchinesque choreography."http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=357 |