Re: [microsound] Metastaseis

["absurd" <absurd@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi daniel

what i can do is to write the track infos from the lp sleeve in an e-mail &
send it you if you wish. sorry but can't do more am afraid.
yours
nicolas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel M Kind" <dmk227@xxxxxxx>
To: <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 6:47 PM
Subject: [microsound] Metastaseis

> Hi,
>
> I know Metstaseis isn't an electronic work, but I have a few questions on
it, and someone on another mailing list said perhaps someone here could
help.  I'm writing a term paper on Metastaseis (due Thursday) for my 19th
and 20th c music class, and I'm having a bit of trouble.  My background in
music history is rather minimal and only comes up to about 1900 or so (it
seems odd that with a week left in the semester, the title of the course
includes "20th c music" but...).
>
> I can come up with things to say about the first and last section, but the
middle section is a mystery to me (and hopefully the parts without divisi
writing are included here, cos I'm not really sure what's going on there
either).  And the Fibonacci/modulor numbers are not making themselves
apparent.
>
> Basically, can anyone shed some light on this work, specifically these
points ?  Is there any kind of article for hipsters who want to sound lk
they understand 20th-century avant garde music ?  Not that I'll ultimately
be content with that level of familiarity; it's just that I don't really
have time right now to gain a full understanding of probability theory or
the kinetic theory of gases (oh yeah, where does this come into Metastaseis
?).  Anyway, not being familiar w the list, I don't know if this is easy
stuff for everyone, so please email me directly if you can help (I'll get it
faster anyway).  Thanks in advance,
>
> Dan
>
> And I've been working w these texts:  Varga and Matossian, as well as
Art/Sciences:  Alloys and Formalized Music (though I've hardly bothered past
page 10 w the latter).
>
>
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