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Carla:
These are musicians...................the least open-minded and most conservative of all the artists.
I would like it up again.
Yeah, Sparky, but before that he had to deal with the Nazis and then the Stalinists. That late-50s thaw did him good. And I'd debate Haydn as a late bloomer.
Ruggles (nothing existent before 40s)
Are you a late bloomer? You have not won a Guggenheim by age 12? You came late to composition? Contests have already deemed you a loser because you are over a certain age? Then this is the group for YOU. Who else belongs to this group? Carter does!
No stops on his organ! I guess not. At 20 kids he was nearing two octaves worth (if each kid = one semitone)
How did they get the measurements?
Bach had so many children because he had no stops on his organ.
New Music Qurterlonely is doing a piece on which composers had the biggest dicks. They have a list of the greats with the largest phalli as producing the best music. Leading the pack is Bach, with a whopping 35 centimeters. Next is Beethoven with ...
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Larry Fisher
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Louis Armstrong
Nobody was on the fringe like Chopin and Ives. Chopin was teaching Lizst and Mendelssohn, and Schumann, and predated Wagner with distant chromatic key changes--the Neapolitan--Chopin's technique was also out of this world. He was also polymetric, ...
I prefer Nietzsche, as far as the superman model.
Yes. That's what I think too. Unfortunatley academia is becoming a "system". Guggenheims are following what Sony would like to market...that's why I am afraid that awards and competitions are helping to constrict and "dumb down" newer music. There...
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- Peter Thoegersen is a drumset based composer exploring polytempic-polymicrotonal and electronic music. Humor is allowed in music.
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The twelve pieces to your left comprise both electronic and acoustic music. I play drums on Alien Music, which is polytempic and polymicrotonal, and San Pedro. San Pedro features a processed piano and unprocessed drumset. The Sax pieces were recorded live at CSULA in 2002-2003. Saturn Eats His Child was recorded at the midwest composer's forum at Bloomington, Indiana, in 2007. Piano Collection #2 was also recorded live at CSULA. There is humor in this music. Sometimes there is feeling. This represents my first phase of composition and my next phase is coming up once I feel better. Andante Democratico has a few performance errors, but I don't mind since the basic feeling is there. They were on the right track. Iraq is an anti-war song with hard drums, like bombs, dropping on Iraq--just as is Drums of War. I am against war, unlike most Americans. Wild Drum Tail is a fun microtonal jam style piece played by guitar and drums over a tape underlay featuring microtonal synths and a dozen african instruments.
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 6:29pm on November 18, 2009,
Paul H. Muller said… - Peter:
Thought of you when this percussion composition competition was announced:
http://www.ironworkspercussion.com/commision/commision.html
Regards,
Paul Muller
- At 6:27am on October 24, 2009,
Paulo Chagas said… - Hello Peter; Thanx for visit
- At 12:36pm on October 22, 2009,
Joseph Benzola said…
- Hey Peter:
Wonderful music on your page. We are working in pretty similar areas.
- At 7:14am on September 29, 2009,
Thomas Bjørnseth said… - Hei Peter! Not sure you would find the grass to be greener on this side of the fence. For most it would probably be easier to move from Oslo to LA than the other way around. Norway is a fine country in many ways, but culture has no bigger place in peoples lives here than in the USA (meaning most couldn't care less :) There are opportunities, but like everywhere else it very much depends on who you know, how good you are at promoting yourself, if you want to spend your life filling out applications for grants etc. So factors other than musical prospects should probably be deciding if you want to gjøre nordmann av deg.
- At 6:52am on September 2, 2009,
Benjamin Smith said… - Peter,
REALLY enjoyed your solo clarinet piece. Very inspiring.
Ben
- At 1:46pm on August 30, 2009,
John M. Kennedy said… - My pleasure. The lyric and rhythmic work is truly organic, not forced. It shows you have the craft to work within constraints without conceit.
- At 6:52pm on August 29, 2009,
John M. Kennedy said…
- Peter,
I really like your sax and piano piece. You should send it to Jeff, the quintet too.
Nice job
jk
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