Alvin Curran
Biographic Data
| ID | 7350134 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alvin Curran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alvin |
| FAMILY NAME | Curran |
| SIGNATURE | CURRAN A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From Via della Luce to The Road – A Short Story in Song Form
This essay is a quasi-biographical depiction of Frederic Rzewski's years in Rome, c.1967–1970 and highlights through a rich tapestry of anecdotal reflection, places, people, friends, collective projects, associations, improvisation, and fellow-composers. The essay further relates how stimulations had abounded in Rzewski's life and those associated with the improvisational group Musica Elettronica Viva, at this time with performative materials, ic…
On spontaneous music
The following reflections are written five years apart, the first in response to Sabine Feisst, for her doctoral thesis, the second written at the request of Giesela Gronemeyer for the present publ
"Music from the Center of the Earth"
The author describes Music from the Center of the Earth , a series of three electronic music installations deploying underground loudspeakers in various configurations. The works described are Notes from Underground, a tape piece realized in conjunction with Melissa Gould’s light installation, Floor Plan; The Magnetic Garden , a collective musical earthwork united by the author’s underground sound chambers and musics emulating biological time; an…
Electric Rags II
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Electric Rags II
"Music from the Center of the Earth"
The author describes Music from the Center of the Earth , a series of three electronic music installations deploying underground loudspeakers in various configurations. The works described are Notes from Underground, a tape piece realized in conjunction with Melissa Gould’s light installation, Floor Plan; The Magnetic Garden , a collective musical earthwork united by the author’s underground sound chambers and musics emulating biological time; an…
On spontaneous music
The following reflections are written five years apart, the first in response to Sabine Feisst, for her doctoral thesis, the second written at the request of Giesela Gronemeyer for the present publ
From Via della Luce to The Road – A Short Story in Song Form
This essay is a quasi-biographical depiction of Frederic Rzewski's years in Rome, c.1967–1970 and highlights through a rich tapestry of anecdotal reflection, places, people, friends, collective projects, associations, improvisation, and fellow-composers. The essay further relates how stimulations had abounded in Rzewski's life and those associated with the improvisational group Musica Elettronica Viva, at this time with performative materials, ic…
Art (4 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Music Technology and Sound Studies (2 works) · Acoustics (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Astrobiology (1 work) · Astronomy (1 work) · Cartography (1 work) · Chemistry (1 work)