Landmark of the Avant-Garde

March 28, 2010 by Kyle Gann

The great Robert Ashley turns 80 today…

Joe Kubera on A Difficult Genius
Sorry to hear he's gone. (Haven't read the obit.) Always had the nicest exchanges with him, and...
Posted Apr 14, 2014
Peter Mueller on What Is the Concord Sonata?
The "President's Own Marine Band" recorded an arrangement by Jonathan Elkus. It's out on Naxos.
Posted Apr 14, 2014
Doug Skinner on What Is the Concord Sonata?
There are also a couple of arrangements for concert band. You probably already know about them, but I'll mention...
Posted Apr 13, 2014
Paul H. Muller on Tribute to an Elegant Postminimalist
'Time Curve Preludes' was performed in Disney Hall last Tuesday as the first piece in a 4 hour concert of...
Posted Apr 11, 2014
Susan Scheid on Clickbait, Indeed
Kyle, so pleased you found this and took the time to post it. You describe it very well, indeed, but...
Posted Apr 11, 2014
zcr on Clickbait, Indeed
Me of this juggling version of Clapping music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXhBti625_s
Posted Apr 10, 2014
Tom Steenland on Clickbait, Indeed
Wonderful! Thanks for posting this.
Posted Apr 09, 2014
Susan Scheid on Clickbait, Indeed
This is terrific. I'd love to read your original review of it. KG replies: Susan, I looked around, and I reviewed...
Posted Apr 09, 2014
Paul A. Epstein on Clickbait, Indeed
And how she communicated it to the performers.
Posted Apr 09, 2014
Paul A. Epstein on Clickbait, Indeed
Spectacular piece, and visually mesmerizing - esp. the guy in the middle. Do you know if the movement is...
Posted Apr 09, 2014

American Mavericks - the Minnesota Public radio program about American music (scripted by Kyle Gann with Tom Voegeli)

Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar - a cornucopia of music, interviews, information by, with, and on hundreds of intriguing composers who are not the Usual Suspects

Iridian Radio - an intelligently mellow new-music station

New Music Box - the premiere site for keeping up with what American composers are doing and thinking

The Rest Is Noise - The fine blog of critic Alex Ross

William Duckworth's Cathedral - the first interactive web composition and home page of a great postminimalist composer

Mikel Rouse's Home Page - the greatest opera composer of my generation

Eve Beglarian's Home Page- great Downtown composer

David Doty's Just Intonation site

Erling Wold's Web Site - a fine San Francisco composer of deceptively simple-seeming music, and a model web site

The Dane Rudhyar Archive - the complete site for the music, poetry, painting, and ideas of a greatly underrated composer who became America's greatest astrologer

Utopian Turtletop, John Shaw's thoughtful blog about new music and other issues