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Zappa and Varese
I recently acknowledged Edward Varese in a track I posted. Many here know his stuff (he created only ten pieces in his lifetime!) and their influence on modern and synthesized music. He put music in, for those times, a new context. Things we accept as musical today... well, it wasn’t always the case. Zappa, a musical polymath, knew this all too well. His musical landscape was unbounded. This concert demonstrates that reach and his appreciation for what has gone before. My own, recently posted, tribute is called Big Jupe
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Nice! For me, it's Varese's music that led me to Zappa. :-)
@Artj, I guess Zappa would say the same🤫.
vice versa for me - and I love the story about the young Zappa getting a long distance call for his birthday so he could call Varese.
Frank Zappa and Miles Davis my favorite musicians. Zappa introduced me to Bartok and Varese. He was a true progressive mind, Zappa never leaves my playlist. His music was unique, there are many bands that plays kind of like him but there is always something missing not to say that I don't like these other bands but Zappa's music cannot be copied or plagiarized
I was already aware of some 20th century ‘classical’ music that had veered from the norms set in previous centuries, but it was Zappa who led me to Bartók and Varèse, so I have him to thank for that (in addition to giving the world his own music).
‘I went to the Jaycee and studied harmony and music appreciation and history
for one semester and came out of it with A’s and B’s.
l plan to go on and be a composer after college and I could really use the
counsel of a veteran such as you. If you would allow me to visit with you
for even a few hours it would be greatly appreciated.
It may sound strange but I think I have something to offer you in the way of
new ideas. One is an elaboration on the principle of Ruth Seeger’s
contrapuntal dynamics and the other is an extension of the twelve-tone
technique which I call the inversion square. It enables one to compose
harmonically constructed pantonal music in logical patterns and progressions
while still abandoning tonality.’
http://researchblog.andremount.net/?p=256
For those interested in Zappa, a new documentary on him was released a couple weeks ago.
"With unfettered access to the Zappa family trust and all archival footage, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time. Alex Winter’s assembly features appearances by Frank’s widow Gail Zappa and several of Frank’s musical collaborators including Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood, Steve Vai, Pamela Des Barres, Bunk Gardner, David Harrington, Scott Thunes, Ruth Underwood, Ray White and others. Directed by: Alex Winter"
Here's the trailer:
It available for rent on Amazon Pime Video, YouTube, and elsewhere...
@SNystrom, thanks for the alert!
Can’t get the new documentary in the UK yet.
I had good musical advisors when I was in college. This led me to see Zappa three times. Peaches and Regalia tour (my fave), Joe's Garage, and one of the two days of Bongo Fury. His music is always in rotation.
Going to have to check out the documentary.