Tag: Avantgarde

Tim Hodgkinson *V 1 1949 / The Life You Give

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Tim Hodgkinson (b. 1949) studied social anthropology at Cambridge, and co-founded the politically and musically radical group HENRY COW with Fred Frith in 1968. In addition to composing, he has a long involvement in improvisation, and came back to anthropology in the 1990's with research into music and shamanism in Siberia. He has participated in… Continue reading Tim Hodgkinson *V 1 1949 / The Life You Give

in this moment

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...listening to the “Aeolian Harp” — a piece from 1923, by Henry Cowell (1897-1965). It is one of the first piano pieces composed for extended piano techniques, including plucking and sweeping of the actual piano strings. Black tea goes well with it. Henry Cowell, Piano Music / Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI-109), Cover by Carl Malouf