Milton Babbitt: A Discussion in 12 Parts

Milton Babbitt: A Discussion in 12 Parts

An Elizabethan Sextette (0:52)  from Elizabethan Sextette Minute Waltz (or) ± (0:56)  from Elizabethan Sextette Partitions (0:31)  from Elizabethan Sextette It Takes Twelve to Tango (0:39)  from Elizabethan Sextette Playing for Time (0:42)  from Elizabethan Sextette About Time (0:32)  from Elizabethan Sextette Groupwise (0:55)  from Elizabethan Sextette Vision and Prayer (1:03)  from Elizabethan Sextette Sextets… Read more »

Written By

Frank J. Oteri

Frank J. Oteri is an ASCAP-award winning composer and music journalist. Among his compositions are Already Yesterday or Still Tomorrow for orchestra, the "performance oratorio" MACHUNAS, the 1/4-tone sax quartet Fair and Balanced?, and the 1/6-tone rock band suite Imagined Overtures. His compositions are represented by Black Tea Music. Oteri is the Vice President of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) and is Composer Advocate at New Music USA where he has been the Editor of its web magazine, NewMusicBox.org, since its founding in 1999.

An Elizabethan Sextette (0:52)  from Elizabethan Sextette
Minute Waltz (or) ± (0:56)  from Elizabethan Sextette
Partitions (0:31)  from Elizabethan Sextette
It Takes Twelve to Tango (0:39)  from Elizabethan Sextette
Playing for Time (0:42)  from Elizabethan Sextette
About Time (0:32)  from Elizabethan Sextette
Groupwise (0:55)  from Elizabethan Sextette
Vision and Prayer (1:03)  from Elizabethan Sextette
Sextets (0:46)  from Sextets – The Joy of More Sextets
The Joy of More Sextets (0:33)  Sextets – The Joy of More Sextets
Canonical Forms (0:49)  from Piano Music Since 1983
Emblems (Ars Emblematica) (0:43)  from Piano Music Since 1983
Preludes, Interludes, and Postlude (0:47)  from Piano Music Since 1983
Tutte Le Corde (0:32)  from Piano Music Since 1983
Around the Horn (0:37)  from Solo e duettini
Four Cavalier Settings (0:52)  from Solo e duettini
None But the Lonely Flute (0:43)  from Solo e duettini
Whirled Series (0:57)  from Solo e duettini
Homily (0:51)  from Solo e duettini
Beaten Paths (0:35)  from Solo e duettini
Play It Again, Sam (0:46)  from Solo e duettini
Melismata (0:50)  from Solo e duettini
Solo e duettini (0:36)  from Solo e duettini
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1:00)  Concerto for Piano and Orchestra – The Head of the Bed
The Head of the Bed (0:53)  from Concerto for Piano and Orchestra – The Head of the Bed
Philomel (0:31)  from Philomel – Phonemena – Post-Partitions – Reflections
Phonemena (0:46)  from Philomel – Phonemena – Post-Partitions – Reflections
Post-Partitions (0:35)  from Philomel – Phonemena – Post-Partitions – Reflections
Reflections (0:41)  from Philomel – Phonemena – Post-Partitions – Reflections
Relata I (0:58)  from The Juilliard Orchestra
String Quartet No. 4 (0:50)  from The Juilliard String Quartet
Three Cultivated Choruses (0:38)  from New Cantatas and Madrigals
Consortini (0:38)  from Where Silence Reigns
Quartet No. 5 (0:48)  from Three Contemporary American String Quartets