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| Music from the Once Festival 1961-1966 | 
 enlarge | Creators: James Berg, Arthur Follows, Michael Von Biel, John Morgan, John Moses, Tom Asboth, William Albright, Robert Ashley, David Behrman, George Cacioppo, George Crevoshay, Philip Krumm, Gordon Mumma, Pauline Oliveros, Roger Reynolds, Donald Scavarda, Robert Sheff, Bruce Wise, David Sutherland
Label: New World Records
Category: Music
List Price: $90.00
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Sales Rank: 123164
Format: Box Set, Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.4 x 1.7
UPC: 093228056720
EAN: 0093228056720
ASIN: B0000C7PVT
Release Date: September 23, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Sonata - Robert Ashley | | • | Groups For Piano - Robert Ashley | | • | String Trio - Edith Perrow | | • | Epigram And Evolution - Robert Ashley | | • | Sinfonia For 12 Instruments And Magnetic Tape - Once Chamber Orchestra | | • | In The Autum Mountains - Shirley Zaft | | • | Two Pieces For Piano And Chamber Group - Bruce Wise | | • | The Fourth Of July - Robert Ashley |
Disc 2
| • | Matrix For Clarinetist - John Morgan | | • | Wedge - Once Chamber Orchestra | | • | Meanwhile, A Twopiece - Robert Ashley | | • | Sounds For Eleven - Once Chamber Orchestra | | • | Gestures II - Robert Ashley | | • | Bestiary I: Eingang - Once Chamber Orchestra | | • | Details (2b) - Robert Ashley | | • | Ballad - Philip Krumm |
Disc 3
| • | Large Size Mograph - Larry Leitch | | • | Fives - David Maves | | • | A Quarter Of Fourpiece - Hartt Chamber Players | | • | Two Worlds - Bob James | | • | Mosaic - Bob James | | • | Pianopiece I - Donald Bohlen | | • | Cassiopeia - Donald Bohlen | | • | Pianopieces II - Donald Bohlen | | • | A Portrait For Vanzetti - David Maves | | • | Greys - Gordon Mumma |
Disc 4
| • | Music For Clocks - Philip Krumm | | • | Diotima - Anne Aitchison | | • | 7PTPC - Larry Leitch | | • | Landscape Journey - John Morgan | | • | Advance Of The Fungi - William Albright | | • | In Memoriam...Crazy Horse - ONCE Festival Orchestra |
Disc 5
| • | Music For Three - Robert Ashley | | • | Time On Time In Miracles - ONCE Chamber Players | | • | Track - ONCE Chamber Ensemble | | • | Apple Box Concerto - Pauline Oliveros | | • | Quartet - William Albright |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
Ann Arbor, Michigan, seems an unlikely site for the establishment of a major avant-garde festival that would shake the new-music community. Tucked away in America's heartland, the city is equally removed from the Eastern metropolises whose artists pride themselves on sensing the pulse of the times, and from the nonconformist West Coast. Yet during the 1960s Ann Arbor played host to one of the most extraordinary adventures in American music history: the annual ONCE Festival and its nexus of related activities. The primary aim of ONCE's founders--Robert Ashley, Gordon Mumma, George Cacioppo, Roger Reynolds, and Donald Scavarda--was to create a forum for the presentation of cutting-edge music. To this end they were phenomenally successful. Performers and composers--whether little-known or renowned--embraced the endeavor, demanding almost nothing in return. Perhaps most important, however, ONCE acted as a creative stimulus for its organizers. Scavarda describes the adventure as an explosion of pent-up energy: "Suddenly we could write anything we wanted and have it heard." And they did. The ONCE composers--and many guest artists--wrote a host of new works, some experimental, others more traditional. What united the ONCE composers was their exploration of sound, whether through the medium of extended techniques on traditional instruments, electronic (or electronically modified) timbres, or the intersection of musical sounds with those of the environment. A major slice of ONCE's rich musical legacy--35 works constituting six hours of music--is presented here, almost all for the first time. These pieces are as diverse in style as they are compelling in expression. This landmark set, the most comprehensive document ever released of this legendary event, is an opportunity for anyone interested in contemporary music to hear history in the making. Included in the set is a 140-page booklet with a lengthy scholarly essay by musicologist and biographer Leta Miller and numerous rare photos of ONCE personages and performances.
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