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Alex Ross writes about Tan Dun with a little more finesse that this bivalve can muster on the subject.
“Tan quickly gravitated to New York’s downtown scene, particularly to the world of John Cage. By combining Cage’s chance processes and natural noises with plush Romantic melodies, Tan concocted a kind of crowd-pleasing avant-gardism.
In March, at [...]
Tan Dun: Water Passion After St Matthew
The second installment in this week’s feature on Passion setting.
Passions Old And New
Setting the Passion to music is a tradition nearly as old as the story itself. As early as the fifth century, the liturgy for Holy Week included plainchant settings of the Gospel accounts. It was the task of a single deacon to present the entire Passion, distinguishing between the narrative portions, the words [...]
This Week’s Feature: Passion Setting 20th Century Style
It’s Holy Week and Miss Mussel’s masters thesis was on 20th century setting of the Passion with particular emphasis on the Passion 2000 Project involving Tan Dun, Osvaldo Golijov, Wolfgang Rihm and Sofia Gubaidulina. As such, each day this week will be devoted to a different aspect of Passion setting.
Today’s episode is history-related, with [...]
