Entries Tagged as '*Music'
The Pigeon
May 31st, 2012 · Comments Off on The Pigeon
Beside the Sea
May 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment
String Quartet 7: Violas
May 8th, 2012 · 1 Comment
The seventh string quartet is for four violas. Here’s the beginning of the second movement, based on a theme I heard in a dream. In the dream, I was singing it with these words: “Oh, dear, you’ll never understand; you’ll keep on for that undiscovered land.” I suppose that is what I do. If this […]
Flywheel
April 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment
In 1976, I joined Michele Larsson for a performance by her nascent company Flywheel. I had forgotten about it until I turned up this program.
Twelve
April 25th, 2012 · Comments Off on Twelve
One of my infrequent forays into serialism. For another, look here.
The Moron
April 16th, 2012 · Comments Off on The Moron
A melancholy round, based on a traditional quatrain.
Cinderella’s Glass Eye
April 12th, 2012 · Comments Off on Cinderella’s Glass Eye
“Cinderella’s Glass Eye” is a bit of fairy tale music, scored for tuba and piano. There is a story to go with it; here it is. (Some readers have complained that the images are too small; let me remind them, gently, that you can enlarge a thumbnail by clicking on it.) And here’s the brooding […]
The Speakeasy Series
April 11th, 2012 · Comments Off on The Speakeasy Series
David Gold and I performed in “The Speakeasy Series,” produced by Studio B in Maplewood, NJ, March 24, 2012. Our set: Make a Wish Never Shtup a Nutjob Fa La La La La The Gypsy (by Billy Reid) Don’t Talk To Me Good Night
Blunders
April 11th, 2012 · Comments Off on Blunders
I wrote the score for Katie Nelson’s dance “Blunders” back in 1980. Frankie Mann recorded it; I played all the instruments, including piano, toy piano, ‘cello, organ, and percussion. Here’s the first page.
The Big Show
April 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on The Big Show
Michele Larsson put together The Big Show in 1978, in connection with an exhibit devoted to Loie Fuller at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, in San Francisco. I provided music, which was mostly improvised, as I recall; Tony Gnazzo talked and rode an exercise bike; Helen Dannenberg and Michele danced.