Despite the everexpanding body of scholarly research on feldmans music, the seventeen published and three surviving, unpublished graphs that he produced over a period of seventeen years 195067 have been largely ignored. Three voices for mezzo soprano and tape or for 3 voices ue21409. In three voices everything focuses on the singer, and the music morton feldman gives her to sing is as unremittingly demanding as anything in his instrumental writing. Feldman s writing down of the music was by all accounts a critical part of his way of working. Three early scores open the cd a realization of his graphic score intersection i 1951, then structures 196062 and on time and the instrumental factor 1969, both pieces fixing pitches but leaving their duration to performer discretion. Cummings 1951 for voice, cello and piano in search of an. Like so many of feldmans scores, three voices has a unique, lingering. Some of the pieces have been very rarely performed or recorded, and have probably never been in better hands. Looking for composers similar to morton feldman page 3. Woke up one morning with the thing stuck in my head for no reason whatsoever.
Find morton feldman credit information on allmusic. Morton feldman beth griffith three voices 1989, vinyl. Classical music for relaxation, music for stress relief, relax music, bach, de044 duration. Morton feldman download free sheet music and scores. Looking through feldmans body of work, its striking how many vocal pieces he wrote. If youre interested in exploring some of my recordings, the newest is spilled out from tangles, an album of solo works written for me by lawrence dunn, sivan eldar, nomi epstein and lisa illean released on hcr on 24 april. Morton feldman s avantgarde minimalism is not the avantgarde of cagexenakis where anything is music up to the point of meaninglessness, nor the minimalism of glassreich where a motif is neurotically repeated ad nauseam. A double cd of music for multiple pianos from what is arguably the most experimental and interesting period of morton feldmans development as a composer. Morton feldman january 12, 1926 september 3, 1987 was an american composer a major figure in 20thcentury music, feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental new york school of composers also including john cage, christian wolff, and earle brown. Feldman selects specific pitches which either refer back to the same pitch class within the last two or three events 2, or in.
It is not a concerto in the strict sense of the term, not soloist with orchestral support. Voice, violin and piano play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. The poet frank ohara wrote a poem called wind, which he dedicated to composer morton feldman. Three voices for mezzo soprano and tape or for 3 voices. Claron mcfadden sop, charles van tassel bassbar, the barton workshop, james fulkerson tbn 71 minutes. The only thing i could do to get rid of it was to set it down on paper. You can watch a video of me in my pyjamas here talking about the album, i hasten to add i also feature on two recent composer portrait discs.
Sort this list by work type, instrumentation, composer, and more. Morton feldman voices and cello 1973 scorevideo youtube. Violin and orchestra, composed in 1979, marked a new direction, with an almost painterly attention to detail in slowly unfolding music. Morton feldman was the first composer of the socalled new york school including cage, brown, wolff and tudor to experiment with a new type of notation and write music involving a considerable degree of indeterminacy in regard to pitch. The score is a single page with fifteen bits of music scattered across it. The first three pieces are early essays in composition. This research explores the concept of musical gesture as it relates to graphic notation, in three 20thcentury, solo percussion works. Early and unknown piano works morton feldman petrina. Feldmans works are characterized by notational innovations that he developed to create his.
He was strongly influenced by contemporary art, including works by mark rothko and jackson pollock, who were also friends. This includes works originally scored for three voices of unspecified range and organ. Why is morton feldmans music so difficult to listen to. There are principally two concepts in effect at the musical surface of the piano piece three hands. The list below includes all pages in the category for 3 voices, organ. Durations 3, for violin, tube and piano 1961 durations 4, for violin, cello and. The computer typesetting gives the score a coldness, regularity, certainty, and sense of inevitability that contradicts the musics true nature.
The third man sheet music for harpsichord download free. Strings cello, piano composed by morton feldman 19261987. I cant reproduce it here for reasons, but you can get an idea of what it looks like from the photo on my post from 10 october 2010. The theme from the celebrated motion picture of the same name. Yellow brick cinema relaxing music recommended for you. Feldmans greatest contribution is widely considered to be his late style, a series of gently abstract onemovement chamber music works. This is the first substantial overview of the series and. Morton feldman is best known as a pioneer of graphic notation.
Morton feldmans three voices as interpretation and elegy. Morton feldman s three voices as interpretation and elegy. Morton feldman piano download free sheet music and scores. His experimentation with nontraditional notation, improvisation, and timbre led to a characteristic style that emphasized isolated and usually quiet points or moments of sound. Notes on for philip guston by morton feldman robert worby.
For bassbaritone voice, cello, trombone, vibraphone, percussion. American composer of quietly textured music, sometimes of extreme length, with notable works including viola in my life and rothko chapel. Morton feldman was a unique and influential american composer. Feldman was a large scale american, with lank, oily hair and myopic eyes. Dear customers, we would like to inform you that due to the current situation concerning the novel corona virus, exit restrictions have been imposed in austria. Feldman was a large scale american, with lank, oily hair and myopic eyes that squinted through blackframed, pebble glasses. Here she turns her attention to one of the pivotal compositions of morton feldman. Morton feldmans avantgarde minimalism is not the avantgarde of cagexenakis where anything is music up to the point of meaninglessness, nor the minimalism of glassreich where a motif is neurotically repeated ad nauseam. As the voice twists and turns, rises and falls, folding on itself in complicated repetitions and variations, we are conscious both of the intricacy of the patternmaking and the. But feldmans certainty about orchestral sonority, how he needs an orchestra to sound, is already. Feldmans original intention was that a singer would perform one part while being accompanied by prerecordings of the two other parts. Early and unknown piano works morton feldman by petrina, released 01 january 2003 this cd contains world premieres of morton feldmans early and unknown piano works. Apr 17, 2018 classical music for relaxation, music for stress relief, relax music, bach, de044 duration. Composed in 1953, this is the last of the intermission series.
Morton feldman composer 19261987 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Feldman selects specific pitches which either refer back to the same pitch class within the last two or three events 2, or in which the harmonic spectra above a given fundamental. Published by jamesp on 10 november 2010 2 responses. Structures by morton feldman 19261987 full score sheet. By playing from his handwritten scores, i feel a stronger connection to feldman as a composer. The following article is composed of two excerpts from the authors book modern music and after. Morton feldman was a big, brusque jewish guy from woodside, queensthe son of a manufacturer of childrens coats. Nov 12, 2012 a guide to morton feldmans music dont be daunted by his fivehourlong string quartet feldman offers a truly intimate encounter with the substance of sound tom service.
He worked in the family business until he was fortyfour years old, and he. A guide to morton feldmans music dont be daunted by his fivehourlong string quartet feldman offers a truly intimate encounter with the substance of sound tom service. Universal edition receives german music edition award best edition for gustav mahlers titan adieu a special event with composer david ianni in honour of the grand duke jean of luxembourg. Feldman, morton listen online, download, sheet music. Feldman 3 voices for voice and tape universal edition. Nov 10, 2010 ive been playing feldmans intermission 6 lately. Deceptive cadence if youve never heard for bunita marcus, pianist marcandre hamelin predicts itll be either the most aggravating thing youve. Feldman voices and instruments 2 for 3 female voices and.
Composing by numbers the graphic scores 19501967 feldman edition 9, an album by james fulkerson on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Morton feldman 19261987 three voices for voice and tape, 1982 duration. Ue now digital product printed product morton feldman. Morton feldman voice, violin and piano classical archives.