Composer's Notebook Quarterly

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919813955220331132012-02-16T03:06:37.490-08:00Composer's Notebook QuarterlyComposer's Notebook Quarterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349210865048259582noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491981395522033113.post-85576768365848707772008-05-05T07:51:00.000-07:002008-05-05T07:52:12.273-07:00New address!

We have moved to: http://web.mac.com/composersnotebookq/CNQWe'll be having our own address soon!

Composer's Notebook Quarterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349210865048259582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491981395522033113.post-28883086488897555222007-12-05T09:20:00.002-08:002007-12-05T11:01:50.401-08:00CNQ's first issue is out!

Welcome to the Composer's Notebook Quarterly online blog. Here you will find the abstracts of the articles in our brand new publication. The full articles you can download at: http://files-upload.com/users/frcatr/folders/1701886, or directly by clicking the link at the end of each abstract.The contents of our first issue are the following:Note from the editor (which you can read on the side

Composer's Notebook Quarterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349210865048259582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491981395522033113.post-988631727741907092007-12-05T09:20:00.001-08:002007-12-05T11:07:33.786-08:00Composer in Focus: Jonathan Harvey- Introduction

About Jonathan HarveyFrancisco Castillo TriguerosJonathan Harvey is well connected to the Amsterdam music scene. His opera “Wagner’s Dream” was recently performed in June as a part of the Holland Festival, in which the Nieuw Ensemble also devoted a whole concert to his music. During his time in the city, Mr. Harvey gave a lecture at the Conservatory of Amsterdam about one of his recent works: the

Composer's Notebook Quarterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349210865048259582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491981395522033113.post-18757437746638594872007-12-05T09:14:00.001-08:002007-12-05T11:00:23.400-08:00Composer in Focus: Jonathan Harvey- Interview

An Interview with Jonathan Harvey“The further you push the boundaries of consciousness up, the more the mysteries come.”On November 7th of 2007, Composer’s Notebook Quarterly had a conversation with Jonathan Harvey transcribed in the following text:RELATING TO THE OCCULT IN MUSIC Composer’s Notebook Quarterly (CNQ): Mr. Harvey, you are a well-known composer throughout the world, and particularly

Composer's Notebook Quarterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349210865048259582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491981395522033113.post-78416557551041633972007-12-05T09:10:00.000-08:002007-12-05T10:58:41.422-08:00Topic in Focus: The Occult in Music- Article: Castillo Trigueros "From Perec to the Occult in Music"

From Perec’s La Vie mode d’emploi to the Occult in Music, its possibilities and implicationsFrancisco Castillo TriguerosConstructed with 99 chapters, Georges Perec’s La Vie mode d’emploi, (Life: A User’s Manual) encompasses a series of stories which happen in different times and places, though they all stem from the rooms in a building in Paris. The main story is that of Bartlebooth, a man who

Composer's Notebook Quarterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349210865048259582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491981395522033113.post-28346724962635324792007-12-05T09:09:00.001-08:002007-12-05T10:59:37.596-08:00Topic in Focus: The Occult in Music- Article: Tascon "Matter of Tim(br)e"

Matter of Tim(br)e: Unveiling the occult of the sensory perception of TimbreRodrigo TasconTimbre, amongst the different perceptual attributes of sound (i.e. pitch, duration, amplitude etc.), is certainly the most mysterious, enigmatic and compelling of them all. The word itself, cryptically bears a number of different meanings in different disciplines, and the concept is usually defined in terms

Composer's Notebook Quarterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349210865048259582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491981395522033113.post-73198183333860963402007-12-05T09:08:00.001-08:002007-12-05T10:43:52.469-08:00Contributions: Bulsink "Harry Partches' Diamond Marimba"

The Diamond Marimba by Harry PartchWilbert BulsinkI was asked many times by the editors of this new publication to write something for the first edition. Finally, I agreed. Since I hate to write about music, I decided to make a diagram of Harry Partch's Diamond Marimba. In the margins I put some thoughts and remarks to clarify the diagram, and suggest ideas for further research.The music of

Composer's Notebook Quarterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349210865048259582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491981395522033113.post-4768151331232998322007-12-05T09:07:00.001-08:002007-12-05T11:03:41.446-08:00The Performer's Perspective: Bernardes "Overriding Actuality"

Overriding Actuality: Some Thoughts about ImprovisationsGilberto BernardesLeonard B. Meyer, a distinguished authority in music theory presents us, in the chapter “The End of Renaissance?” of his book Music Art and Ideas (1967), an impressive analysis of a period of around 500 years, where according to the author there was always, in all the inter-human latency, something new to discover. By the

Composer's Notebook Quarterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349210865048259582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491981395522033113.post-14998041477477418822007-12-05T09:01:00.000-08:002007-12-05T11:06:15.347-08:00Concert Calendar

To download the calendar of Amsterdam's Contemporary Concerts go to: http://files-upload.com/files/660978/CNQ- Winter 2007, Calendar.pdf

Composer's Notebook Quarterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349210865048259582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491981395522033113.post-10367985133786784382007-11-13T11:43:00.000-08:002007-11-13T12:59:34.595-08:00Composer’s Notebook Quarterly: An Introduction, from the editor

Composer’s Notebook Quarterly is a publication of articles about contemporary music composition. Its birthplace, one of the most open-minded, cosmopolitan and culturally vibrant cities in the world: Amsterdam. Its main purpose: to promote discussion about topics related to music composition, ranging from notation to ethics, from form to conceptual matters, from the composer’s role and

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