Anthony
Braxton tropes 23C + 40N
Composition
23C
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provides
group consciousness
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is an
additive repetitive structure for extended interpretation that was composed in
1973
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is an
isolated thematic generating structure that utilizes additive repetition as the
basis for exploration dynamics
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is designed
to interrupt the normal continuum of the music…and re-establish its own
conceptual focus
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is designed
as an extended phrase that is progressively revealed in a series of twenty-one
repeats
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offers an
operational criterion that is stated and inflexible
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is constructed
in one movement
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is to be
executed as designed without elaboration
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is to be
performed without any breaks or stops from beginning to end
·
is one long
extended line that is executed in unison by the total ensemble with the
exception of percussion, which may be openly improvised
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is designed
to continually surprise and enrich its instrumentalist and listener
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is dedicated
to the great athlete Willie Mays
Composition
40N
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is a drone
platform for extended improvisation that was composed in the Black Forest of
Western Germany in the spring of 1975
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is an
attempt to continually reconnect with the vibrational dynamics and focus of
world creativity
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is not
separate from the functional dictates of both Indian and African creativity
·
is a drone
structure that functions in the same sense as Indian Raga music
·
establishes
a layered sound space that becomes a sound curtain that defines its own moment
dynamics
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is conceived
as a platform to reinvestigate primary sounds
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is a slow pulse
structure that floats in the space of the music into the ‘open’ space
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is a
sensitive music universe that contains smooth phrase exchanges and continuances
·
like a Raga,
achieves peace and understanding as a basis to expand from
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is a sound
world that stretches the moment by emphasizing both long sound connections and
long silences in between moments
·
is a
spiritual and real space in its ultimate sense as well as an isolated and
unfeeling space in its non-ultimate sense
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is a slow
pulse structure for extended improvisation that establishes terms for moment
creativity
·
is a linear
constructed platform consisting of eleven phrase groupings in nine basic
sections or components
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is designed
to be as flexible as possible depending on the needs of the moment
·
is a direct
statement about serious matters
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is a
response to the music of John Coltrane, Joseph Jarman and Kalaparusha Difta
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reflects the
composer’s awareness of modalism and the power of one note
self portrait as a set of notes
lovingly harvested from anthony braxton’s compositions notes
arwulf arwulf September
2012
