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Contemporary Composers

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Music by composers whose lifetimes overlap with mine (I was born in 1953). These I know the dates for ... 1882-1962 Percy Grainger 1882-1967 Zoltán Kodály 1882-1971 Igor Stravinsky 1894-1962 E. E. Cummings 1906-1975 Dmitri Shostakovich 1909-1956 Art Tatum 1912-1997 Conlon Nancarrow 1923-2006 György Ligeti 1933-xxxx Easley Blackwood 1934-2006 James Tenney 1937-xxxx Philip Glass 1940-xxxx The Beatles 1941-2016 Richard Grayson 1947-xxxx John Adams 1952-2000 Fred Kasper 1955-xxxx Jeffrey Harrington 1961-xxxx John Berners 1961-xxxx Cindy Cox 1961-xxxx Jean-Christophe Rosaz 1969-xxxx Eric Sessler 1970-xxxx Carlos Rafael Rivera 1975-xxxx Giovanni Dettori 1976-xxxx Kimiko Ishizaka 1981-xxxx Steffen Wick 1981-xxxx Greg Anderson (Anderson and Roe) 1981-xxxx Samuel Andreyev 1981-xxxx Michael Barry 1994-xxxx Conrad Tao ... these I don't ... xxxx-xxxx Ronald Bruce Smith xxxx-xxxx Jaime Jaramillo Arias xxxx-xxxx Ante B.K. xxxx-xxxx Christopher Avery xxxx-xxxx Ben Harlan (ZRI) xxxx-xxxx Danny Clay xxxx-xxxx Ben Comeau xxxx-xxxx Timothy Dwight Edwards xxxx-xxxx Aaron Andrew Hunt xxxx-xxxx Vincent Lo xxxx-xxxx Alexander Peskanov xxxx-xxxx Stephen Vincent Situm III

Adams, Toot Nipple ©

1:29

Adams, Toot Nipple ©

1:29

Anderson and Roe, The Cat's Fugue (after Scarlatti, animated score)

2:38

Andreyev, Piano Piece No. 2

3:58

Anonymous, Frog Round (ver. 2)

2:47

Anonymous, Frog Round (circular Chromadepth 3D)

2:44

Ante B.K. - I Western Dances - part 1 (Suite for 2 Violins and Piano)

6:22

Arias, Gran Fuga Colombiana

8:05

Avery, Allegro Spiritoso

8:07

Barry, Boomba

4:30

Barry, Exercise in Delirium

9:02

Beatles, She's Leaving Home (see FAQ for audio)

3:41

Berners, Headlong Boogie (solo piano)

3:19

Brahms, Anon/ZRI Clarinet Quintet (opus 115, Free But Lonely, Street Tune)

14:49

Clay, Broken Birds V

6:25

Comeau, Donald Trump is a Wanker (Fugue)

3:07

Cox, Patagón: III. Ballenas australes y pinguinos de Magallanes

6:23

Delplace, Prelude and Fugue in D-flat major

3:00

Dettori, Canon

3:01

Edwards, Puzzle Canon a6 (at the fourth), version 4

1:58

Glass, Etudes for Piano, Book 1, No. 6

5:50

Grayson, Rocky Road Ripple

5:42

Glass, Glassworks 01. Opening ©

2:23

Grainger, Children's March

7:57

Harrington, BlueStrider

11:25

Hunt, Fugue in C-sharp major, 38/8 (rhombi)

2:26

Hunt, "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß" — xii. Choral im Alt

4:20

Hunt, O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß — xv. Trio mit Choral im Alt

4:01

Hunt, Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Prelude in E major

5:15

Hunt, Prelude and Fugue in F minor (composed February 16 and 23, 2020)

3:10

Hunt, Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor

7:53

Hunt, Von Gott will ich nicht lassen — xi. Fughetta mit Choral im Bass

4:11

Hunt, Variation 1 (from 30 Variations on an Aria by J. S. Bach)

2:33

Hunt, Prelude and Fugue in A major

5:33

Ishizaka, Water Under Our Bridge

4:34

Kasper, Palindrome Canons

1:20

Kodály, String Quartet No. 1, 3rd movement

4:25

Ligeti, 6 Bagatelles, III. Allegro grazioso ©

2:23

Ligeti, Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet: III. Allegro grazioso

2:33

Ligeti, Hungarian Rock

5:10

Ligeti, Hungarian Rock (arr. for saxophones) ©

5:05

Lo, Nokia Ringtone Fugue (Vincent Lo)

2:10

Lo, Intermezzo, opus 28 #2, piano solo

3:26

Nancarrow, Study #37 for Player Piano (score+roll)

10:28

Peskanov, Temptations (solo piano)

2:13

Rivera, Cumba-Quín (guitar quartet)

5:08

Rivera, Cumba-Quín (guitar quartet)

5:17

Rosaz, In Jail, Thinking to Camille

4:29

Rosaz, Jeu de Miroir (Mirror Game)

4:09

Sessler, Shift and Riff (guitar quartet)

6:48

Shostakovich, Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, opus 87, no. 17 ©

5:59

Situm, Ghost Waltz (solo piano)

4:18

Smith, String Quartet no. 2, "Nostalgia," Corrente, Del Sol Quartet

3:04

Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Animated Graphical Score, 1/2

15:22

Tenney, Wake for Charles Ives

4:51

Wick, Aero (from Piano Particles, 2017 version)

4:53

Wick, Aero (from Piano Particles, 2010 version)

4:50

Youmans/Tatum, Tea for Two ©

3:43

Blackwood, 18-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Allegro volando ©

2:45

Blackwood, 19-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Allegro moderato ©

4:25

Blackwood, 15-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Lento ©

3:50

Lanman, Hammer and Nail

5:23

Blackwood, 16-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Andantino ©

4:00

Blackwood, 13-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Sostenuto ©

3:25

III. 21 notes: Suite in four movements

Easley Blackwood

Blackwood: Microtonal Compositions

4:55

IV. 23 notes: Allegro moderato

Easley Blackwood

Blackwood: Microtonal Compositions

3:23

Blackwood, 17-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Con moto ©

3:05

VIII. 22 notes: Andante ma non troppo

Easley Blackwood

Blackwood: Microtonal Compositions

4:42

IX. 24 notes: Moderato

Easley Blackwood

Blackwood: Microtonal Compositions

3:08

X. 14 notes: Allegramente

Easley Blackwood

Blackwood: Microtonal Compositions

2:50

XI. 20 notes: Comodo

Easley Blackwood

Blackwood: Microtonal Compositions

4:02

St-Jacques, Symphony no. 1, 1st mvt.

7:11

Delplace, Prelude and Fugue in E minor

9:28

Strasfogel, Rondo

6:51

Malinowski, Fantasy in F

8:13

Malinowski, Fugue in A minor

5:25

Blackwood, 14-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Allegramente ©

2:57

Carbon, Irish Wolfhound (Aries) ©

4:45

Blackwood, 20-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Comodo ©

4:12

Blackwood, 22-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Andante ma non troppo ©

4:51

Blackwood, 24-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Moderato ©

3:19

Blackwood, 23-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Allegro moderato ©

3:35

Blackwood, 21-note Microtonal Etude (opus 28) Suite in Four Movements ©

5:06

The Forms, METADANcE

2:45

Delplace, Pastorale in F major

5:16

St-Jacques, Prelude and Fugue in G minor

4:35

Monk, Railroad (Travel Song) ©

2:09

Tao, Upon Viewing Two Porcelain Figures ©

5:32

Fugue to the Future!

2:06

Simonetto, Gymnopédie dramatique III. Luciferico

2:47

Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man

3:05

Whitacre, October (Alleluia) ©

7:43

Hofstadter, Fudge Pig (by Gödel, Escher, Bach author)

1:28

Hofstadter, Valzurka (by Gödel, Escher, Bach author)

2:18

Delplace, Fantaisie and Fugue in C major

9:25

If your ears can handle the fugue, try the prelude (link at the end)

2:19

Ligeti, Études pour piano, Étude 9: Vertige ©

3:26

Bartók, String Quartet No. 4, IV. Allegretto pizzicato

3:00

Walton, Symphony 1, 4th mvt.

12:29

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