The Score is NYT-hosted blog where "composers discuss their work and the issues involved in creating music in the 21st century. The writers offer an inside look at this large and continually evolving branch of American culture, in which the traditional notion of the "classical" continues to be reconsidered, revised, rejected and reimagined."
In addition to reading some very cool composers' thoughts on their music and the music of others (something I love to do), you can also check out some of their work.
Here are some of my favorite posts (the media player is about half-way down on the left).
- Michael Gordon's Rewriting Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, as part of his post on the coolness of the orchestra.
- Glenn Branca's season for the 21st Century Philharmonic, as well as his list of 25 Questions with a sound clip of his piece Freeform.
- A wide-ranging interview with Steve Reich: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV.
- Annie Gosfield's fascination with noise.
re: the Michael Gordon link
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Posted by: andrew sigler | 13 November 2009 at 09:53 AM