Grant Chu Covell

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.

Franco Donatoni

Despite its complexity and dissonant vocabulary, Donatoni’s choral writing in In cauda (1982, text by Brandolino Brandolini d’Adda) reaches back through Verdi to Gesualdo in its directness of expression.

Franco Donatoni

Despite its complexity and dissonant vocabulary, Donatoni’s choral writing in In cauda (1982, text by Brandolino Brandolini d’Adda) reaches back through Verdi to Gesualdo in its directness of expression.

Stockhausen’s Helikopter-Streichquartett

“I heard and saw the four string players in four helicopters flying in the air and playing…”

Stockhausen’s Helikopter-Streichquartett

“I heard and saw the four string players in four helicopters flying in the air and playing…”

Text into Music

Text into music is the worse of two evils.

Text into Music

Text into music is the worse of two evils.

Early Modulations: Vintage Volts

From Caipirinha comes a disc, somewhat different from their usual fare…

Early Modulations: Vintage Volts

From Caipirinha comes a disc, somewhat different from their usual fare…

Varèse, Elgar, and Ferrari

The most recent complete survey of Varèse’s works is Riccardo Chailly’s on London.

Varèse, Elgar, and Ferrari

The most recent complete survey of Varèse’s works is Riccardo Chailly’s on London.