Krzystof Penderecki (jan 1, 1933 – jan 1, 2020)
Description:
a Polish composer and conductor.Electronics and Live Music
1. From its beginnings, the issue of live performance and electronic music was an issue.
2. In the 1960s composers from Eastern Europe began to write music that sounded like electronic music but was performed on traditional instruments.
3. One of these was Ligeti.
4. He tried to achieve music without articulation.
5. Others in this group include Penderecki, Lutoslawski, and Gorecki.
6. Penderecki wrote orchestral tone clusters and structured his “sonority pieces” based on timbres.
7. The best known of his compositions is Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima.
8. Avant-garde music made some commercial success, particularly in film
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1933
jan 1, 2020
~ 87 years