Managing Editor Grant Chu Covell works in the Boston area. He once worked for a global technology company that made hardware which Xenakis and Babbitt used to good effect. He was the publisher of the brilliant but forgotten The Periodic Journal of Bibliography (1990-95), and his music reviews have appeared in EAR Magazine and InMusic. His instrumental and electroacoustic music has been performed in the U.S. and abroad, and he has shared many CDs of his music with family and friends (one piece was recorded in a refrigerator). A short article about a composition he wrote for piano and tape can be found in the Csound Magazine. Two electroacoustic works have appeared in commercial compilations: Presence III and The Door Project. A recent CD can be found here, and another is in preparation. A long departed family dog’s name was taken from a character in Wagner’s Ring.
Grant Chu Covell
Mostly Symphonies 40.
Röntgen wrote 24 symphonies, many of them relatively short and written incredibly quickly.
Mostly Symphonies 40.
Röntgen wrote 24 symphonies, many of them relatively short and written incredibly quickly.
Ramble with Hair Dryers, Crumbs and Puccini’s Rifle
In Lanza and Valle’s four-part opus, toys, kitchen gadgets and broken machines combine with non-standard instrumental sounds.
Ramble with Hair Dryers, Crumbs and Puccini’s Rifle
In Lanza and Valle’s four-part opus, toys, kitchen gadgets and broken machines combine with non-standard instrumental sounds.
Piano Factory 30.
Situated in the high register, like a music box, a delicate irregular chiming pattern repeats in Harman’s 371 Chorales.
Piano Factory 30.
Situated in the high register, like a music box, a delicate irregular chiming pattern repeats in Harman’s 371 Chorales.
(Dis)Arrangements 13. / Scarlatti para siempre 3.
It is fascinating to see which composers and performers felt it necessary to enhance the Baroque master, and which were content to simply orchestrate.
(Dis)Arrangements 13. / Scarlatti para siempre 3.
It is fascinating to see which composers and performers felt it necessary to enhance the Baroque master, and which were content to simply orchestrate.
Concerto Concentrations 6.
Tharaud brings luminosity to three concertos.
Mostly Symphonies 39. / EA Bucket 32: Pierre Henry +/- Beethoven
There’s more going on here than just a few hours of musique concrète and three orchestras navigating a collage.
Mostly Symphonies 39. / EA Bucket 32: Pierre Henry +/- Beethoven
There’s more going on here than just a few hours of musique concrète and three orchestras navigating a collage.
Xenakis and Stravinsky in America, Mahler too (via Copland)
Copland invited Xenakis to Tanglewood in 1963, and between 1967 and ’72, Xenakis taught at Indiana University.
Xenakis and Stravinsky in America, Mahler too (via Copland)
Copland invited Xenakis to Tanglewood in 1963, and between 1967 and ’72, Xenakis taught at Indiana University.
String Theory 37: Sometimes with Piano
Presumably Ives would not have thought much of Beach’s conservatism, likewise Beach would have faulted Ives’ technique.
String Theory 37: Sometimes with Piano
Presumably Ives would not have thought much of Beach’s conservatism, likewise Beach would have faulted Ives’ technique.
Percussion Ramble with Toys
In Meadowcroft’s fragile structures, players may set into motion broken toys, or trigger recordings.
Percussion Ramble with Toys
In Meadowcroft’s fragile structures, players may set into motion broken toys, or trigger recordings.
Piano Factory 29. / Scarlatti para siempre 2.
With Grante we take an invigorating stroll to the top of the mountain where we can enjoy the views.
Piano Factory 29. / Scarlatti para siempre 2.
With Grante we take an invigorating stroll to the top of the mountain where we can enjoy the views.
Pièces de Clavecin 13. / Scarlatti para siempre 1.
We could imagine the span of Scarlatti’s sonatas as a twilight diary.
Pièces de Clavecin 13. / Scarlatti para siempre 1.
We could imagine the span of Scarlatti’s sonatas as a twilight diary.
EA Bucket 31: With Instruments
The violin is duplicated and sublimated in these complimentary works for solo instrument and electronics.
EA Bucket 31: With Instruments
The violin is duplicated and sublimated in these complimentary works for solo instrument and electronics.