Not everbody’s goal

The percussionist, composer, and ensemble-leader-ish Owen Davis recently made a chart showing what he considered to be the major developments of music from 1900 until today. He then posted it on facebook and asked for feedback. The feedback he got was voluminous; the originally posted chart is no doubt radically changed by now. As it appeared, it was a series of boxes and arrows, with stylistic movements/“schools” in large bold print and composers in smaller print. What became apparent towards the 2000-2010 range of the chart was that this version of history leads directly to Owen’s own practi... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Erwin, Max
Dokumenttyp: contributionToPeriodical
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Verlag/Hrsg.: Carson Einarsen
Melanie Mignucci and Carlie Schwaeber
Schlagwörter: Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism / Davis / Owen / -- Criticism and interpretation / Composers -- 21st century / Van San / Herman / 1929-1975 / Composers -- Belgium -- 20th century
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29344742
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/108558

The percussionist, composer, and ensemble-leader-ish Owen Davis recently made a chart showing what he considered to be the major developments of music from 1900 until today. He then posted it on facebook and asked for feedback. The feedback he got was voluminous; the originally posted chart is no doubt radically changed by now. As it appeared, it was a series of boxes and arrows, with stylistic movements/“schools” in large bold print and composers in smaller print. What became apparent towards the 2000-2010 range of the chart was that this version of history leads directly to Owen’s own practice, with his ensemble and his collaborators occupying prominent boxes that numerous arrows feed into. [Excerpt] ; N/A