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August 29, 2009
Music at Night
Do we listen to music differently at night? What makes music that conveys a sense of the night "night-like?" Is the Satie Nocturne No. 4 less night-like than Bartok's many examples of nihg msuic? What makes Crumb's night music evoke a sense of night. I have been working on a couple of pieces ostensibly "about" the night. I started after my ten year old daughter got a radio with an ipod station for her birthday. I assembled a series of playlists for her to listen to at night when she is going to sleep. I hoped to introduce her to various music I love. Some of it purports to be about the night. Some is just rather quit music that I ended up putting on, but may not be particularly nocturnal. I put several pieces by Lou harrison, the McPhee Nocturne, Satie and Mompou Nocturnes, a piece by Leo Brower, a bit of the Musica callada and even a bit of Norgard.What makes music evoke the night? What is some night music you love?
Originally from Discussion Forum - NetNewMusic, ReBlogged by newmusicrebloggers on Aug 29, 2009 at 11:42 AM