Earle Brown

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Born: 26 December 1926, Lunenburg, Massachusetts (USA)
Died: 2 July 2002, Rye, NY (USA)

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Voya Toncitch

[in French]

Earle Brown — ses considérations sur le temps et l’espace

Le compositeur américain Earle Brown (1926–2002) considère que le temps est la dimension actuelle dans laquelle la musique existe durant l’exécution et que, par sa nature, il représente une continuité infiniment divisible. Aucun système métrique, aucune notation basée sur la métrique, ne peuvent indiquer toutes les particularités possibles dans la continuité, le son étant capable de commencer ou de s’éteindre tout le long de cette dimension. D’après Earle Brown, toutes les autres caractéristiques du son: fréquence, intensité, timbre, modes d’attaque-continuation-désintégration, sont également des continuités infiniment divisibles et incommensurables. II admet la possibilité du temps réel et du temps intuitif, la durée totale d’une pièce (son oeuvre intitulée October 1952 for Piano, en l’occurrence et par exemple), et les parentés sous-entendues de durées métriques entre les événements sonores étant déterminées par l’interprète. L’espace englobe une infinité de directions au départ d’une infinité de points. L’interprète opère dans l’espace à cadences de vitesse constantes ou variables, relatives au temps réel ou intuitif.

Extrait de l’essai "Philosophie de la musique contemporaine. Contribution à la recherche" de Voya Toncitch, paru dans Revue de l’Université d’Ottawa, volume 45 — numéro 2, avril–juin 1975

(Contribution by Jean-François Grancher <grancherpianoonvol.net>.)

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Release Date: May 08, 2007
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The first DVD release of Earle Brown's music Features include: Interview with Brown's widow Susan Sollins, Ne(xt)work's director Cornelius Dufallo (also Brown's godson), and Earle Brown Foundation's Micah Silver on the works of Earle Brown. Many of the works on this title require the musicians to be spread out around the hall, perfectly captured by the surround recording.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - wonderful playing of difficult music to conceive
All the playing here is wonderful, very intelligent conceptions of how the music should proceed. How does one play graphic notation?

Brown's arduous graphic works are rather difficult to play, you simply cannot say there is no wrong way to play this music wallowing in the ignorance of Zen simplicity; you are very wrong; music should be interesting, compelling, inspirational,fascinating,illuminating, no matter what is in front of you.
Brown became disgusted with the performances ... Read More





 

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8 September 1961: Premiere of Available Forms I, in Darmstadt, Germany.

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