Instrumental and Vocal Extensions

Instrumental and VocalExtensions

Terminology

! Extended techniques

! Multiphonics

! Timbral trill

! Circular breathing

Henry Cowell(1897-1965)

Henry Cowell:

The Banshee (1925)

Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1934)

Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969)

Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969)

Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969)

Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969)

Luciano Berio (1925-2003)

Luciano Berio (1925-2003)

" Born in Oneglia, Italy.

" Contemporary of post WWII avant-garde

composers Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz

Stockhausen, György Ligeti, and Mauricio Kagel.

" Early interests in serialism and electronic

music; co-founded Studio di Fonologia in Milan.

" Vocal works are among his most influential,

particularly collaborations with his wife, singer

Cathy Berberian.

" Sequenza: important series of 14 solo works

composed between 1958-2002.

" Quotation, collage, and transcription are

important aspects of his output, including

reworkings of Mahler, Puccini, Brahms, and

Schubert.

Background

Instrument Placement in Luciano Berio!s Circles (1960)

Preface to Luciano Berio!s Circles (1960)

Luciano Berio: Circles (1960)

Luciano Berio: Circles (1960)

The International Phonetic Alphabet

Luciano Berio: Sequenza V (1966)

Notes

Luciano Berio: Sequenza V (1966)

Trombonist Christian Lindberg as Groc the clown in Berio!s Sequenza V.

Additional Slides

György Ligeti: Volumina (1962)

György Ligeti: Volumina (1962)

György Ligeti: Volumina (1962)

György Ligeti: Volumina (1962)

György Ligeti: Volumina (1962)