Art of the StatesArt of the States: listen to new music from the USRecent Additions: The Stars and Stripes Forever (18972003) by John Philip Sousa- July 30, 2007 "This cover of a classic marching tune by John Philip Sousa contains many samples of students from Harvard University, patient souls who endured our seminar on sound art last October 2002 ... it also contains snippets of interviews Drew conducted on the street in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco with homeless teenagers for a radio show about queer street kids in the Bay Area."http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=348 Recent Additions: Memorias Tropicales (1985) by Roberto Sierra- July 25, 2007 "Written in 1985 for the Kronos Quartet, Memorias Tropicales was my first work for string quartet. Each of the four movements represents a different tableau or 'memory' from my own experiences in the tropical island of Puerto Rico."http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=350 Recent Additions: Dionysiacs (2004) by David Felder- July 23, 2007 "The title and the musical materials refer to several episodes described within the body of legends attributed to the god Dionysos. Most important to this small set of musical scenes are those associated with the Maenads and their various rampages, and the sea voyage wherein Dionysos' flute-playing created a deeply mysterious enchantment. The composition is in three sections, or vignettes, connected together by ensemble textures."http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=351 Recent Additions: Nine Preludes (1924-1928) by Ruth Crawford Seeger- July 19, 2007 "The Five Preludes for Piano, miniatures that range from about one minute to almost three minutes in length, are mood pieces, where ruminative introspections are often interrupted by whimsical humor and playfulness. Scriabin's influence shows itself in relation to harmony and meter. Crawford's typical chords are built from tritones, fifths, and perfect fourths. A sense of suspended animation comes from slow tempos combined with varied compound meters: 128 is her equivalent of common time, with..http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=352 Recent Additions: Listening Room (2002) by David Hanner- July 18, 2007 "You take delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours." "Or the question it asks you, forcing you to answer, like Thebes through the mouth of the Sphinx."http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=353 |