[silence] Question on Composition

[John McDonough]

The composer that comes to mind immediately is John Zorn. HIs whole  
aesthetic is to have many radically different ideas played in rapidly  
successive blocks. I would recommend listening to "Tre Nel 3000" off  
of "The Big Gundown" or his String Quartet "Cat O' Nine Tails".

Cage was no slouch at this. Consider his Williams Mix.

If you're looking for a more layered effect, try the Second Movement  
of Ives' 4th symphony, the 3rd movement of Berio's Sinfonia or  
Schoenberg's 1st String Quartet. But those are long, drawn out pieces  
and are isolated instances in their respective composers' oeuvre.

Hope this helps!


On Jan 5, 2009, at 8:07 PM, Patrick OReilly wrote:

> Hello Silencers,
> I figure I better introduce myself first if I'm going ask question.
> my name is Patrick O'Reilly, I'm a teacher / student /  
> percussionist / composer studying and working in New York City and  
> I've remained rather silent myself receiving information on this  
> mailing list for about a year now, i must say its been very helpful  
> to my understanding of John Cage and his work.
>
>
> are there any composers that focus their work on the idea of  
> combining many ideas into small amounts of time? in other words:  
> assuming a broom stick represents a piece of music, this type of  
> composition being perhaps the isle in home depot where they keep  
> all of the broom sticks.
>
> if so who, if not then why?
> if this makes no sense, ignore it
>
> and Happy New Year!
>  -Patrick O'Reilly
>
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