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An Introduction to the Use of Text in the Music of Roger Reynolds

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In a series of wide-ranging interviews and discussions, Roger Reynolds discusses various threads woven through his life and music. They include the use of text, thoughts on sound spatialization, site-specifics works, intermedia, technology in music, his compositional methods, and relationships with other composers (including Iannis Xenakis, Toru Takemitsu, John Cage, and Elliott Carter). Composer, author and educator Roger Reynolds is University Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California, San Diego. The Roger Reynolds Collection is held at the Library of Congress, and contains manuscripts, sketches, correspondence, recordings and other primary source materials related to Reynolds' life and work. In Part 1 of this series, Reynolds is interviewed by David Plylar of the Music Division in an introduction to the use of text in Reynolds' music; topics include text setting, translations, titles, and sources of inspiration, among others. Works discussed include Compass, The Vanity of Words [Voicespace V], Fantasy for Pianist, Variation, Ping, Odyssey (originally Entre le galet et la dune), The Red Act Arias, JUSTICE, The Emperor of Ice-Cream, Eclipse [Voicespace III], Seasons and the PASSAGE series.

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