60 Jahre „In C“ – ein Schwarm von Wolken und Uhren zwischen Minimalismus und Weltmusik
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- Subject according curriculum
- Music theory seminar (analysis course)
- Teachers
- Prof. Sebastian Sprenger
- Semester
- Sommersemester 2024
- Scope
- Thursday, 10.30 - 12.00 Start: 4. 4. 2024
- Room
- BP 201
- Duration
- 1.5 Semesterwochenstunden
- Description
Terry Riley's ensemble composition "In C" celebrates its sixtieth birthday this year and sounds more alive than ever after these six decades: if you listen to various recordings, you will immediately notice the enormous range between "historical (or historically informed) performance practice" and "musical director's theater", i.e. very free interpretations enriched with improvisational elements, for example. The instruments used are unmistakably influenced by musical globalization: in addition to versions for Japanese kotos in pure tuning, there are also versions for traditional instruments from Mali ("Africa Express") or China ("Shanghai Film Orchestra"), but also primarily electronic realizations such as that of the Swiss post-industrial trio "The Young Gods".
The seminar would like to attempt to understand "In C" in the context of its time of origin, on the one hand, and to use it as a bridge - between past and future or between different musical cultures - that can be walked on both sides, so to speak, in order to investigate comparable design principles in the works of other composers, on the other. Suggestions from course participants are very welcome!- Literature
Baumgärtel, Tilman: Loops. On the history and aesthetics of the loop. Kadmos, Berlin 2015
Carl, Robert: Terry Riley's In C. Oxford University Press 2009
Götte, Ulli: Minimal Music. History - Aesthetics - Environment. Florian Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2000
Potter, Keith: Four musical minimalists: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass. Cambridge University Press 2000- Credits
- 3 Creditpoints
- Comments
Course for BA and MA students of all disciplines.
Please register by stating your degree program at sebastian.sprenger[at]hfmt-hamburg.de by 8. 10. 2023.
Proof of performance: Participation in 85% of the courses; presentation or written term paper.- Modules
- Musiktheoretisches Modul 1 Instrumentalisten Master, Musiktheoretisches Modul 2 Kirchenmusik A (Master), Wahlmodul freie Wahl (alle Studiengänge)