Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Charles Amirkhanian, Church Car (1980-1)

Sorry this blog has lapsed a bit. Things are settling down here a bit and I hope to resume. Enjoy!

Click here to listen to the performance

Questions:
  1. Why did Amirkhanian choose the words he did?
  2. What do you imagine the score for this looks like?
  3. Which elements of this performance could be easily notated? Which aspects would be difficult to notate?
  4. I suspect many listeners will chuckle at some point during this performance. What is humorous about it, or what about it makes you smile?
  5. Is this music? Poetry? A little of both?
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