Earle Brown- Cello + Piano

Earle Brown is the most interesting composer you've probably never heard of. He is one of those composers that seems to innately juxtapose quality with innovation; his music is absolutely timely, but is not overtly inaccessible to less experienced or inclined listeners of his contemporaries, and can often be breathtakingly beautiful. This is one of my favorite pieces of his, if by the academia it is based on alone, as it is rather similar to that of a piece I wrote (which I thought was oh-so-innovative, only to later stumble across this, of course =P), in that pitch duration is not rhythmically derived, but temporally derived, i.e. the duration of the previously struck notes often interact vicariously with those either preceding or proceeding them, and many times the durations of notes are determined not by "quarter note at 120" but by, say, "4 seconds". Anyway, enjoy, and I recommend investigating this composer if you're not already familiar.

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• Aleatoric
• Cage

[EBMusicFoundation]

The score excerpt seen here is not Music for Cello and Piano. It is a page from Earle Brown's Cross Sections and Color Fields. The first page of Music for Cello and Piano can be seen on the Earle Brown Music Foundation website.

[John11inch]

Yes, I know. The images on the videos you commented on were simply to illustrate Brown's scoring techniques.

[Bagas]

Sounds kinda like Webern

[EBMusicFoundation]

Cross Sections and Color Fields is an excellent example of Earle Brown's notation. The hand written additions to the engraved notation of this copy are from Earle Brown.

[glenngould86]

grazie!!

al Pompidou non c'è traccia di suoi cd, eppure è una grande biblioteca! sembra non lo conoscano.. e non c'è nemmeno bo nilsson!!

[AVHeimerski]

THIS is actually my favorite recording of Cello and Piano! David Tudor (piano), David Soyer (cello)... Stunning!! It's too beautiful to be ignored.

[ViewerNotes]

Color fields and the cross sections is his best work. Rarely heard...

[maskeundlot]

Ever heard of Helmut Lachenmann?

[ikryl]

beautiful

[vogelmandrie]

Completely agree, the creator of 'open form' was one of the most important composers of last century, any chance to post his work for harpsichord played by Elisabeth Chojnacka ??