Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Metaphysics of Notation

If you like cutting-edge music, you might want to know that we recently received Metaphysics of Notation, a DVD that presents a work of that name by Mark Applebaum. The work consists of seventy feet of graphic notation that was suspended on panels around the atrium of an art museum at Stanford. Forty-five performers (and ensembles) were invited to come and interpret the notation into sound however they saw fit. The DVD includes images of the score, a twenty-minute documentary, and excerpts from each of the performances. The call number is DVD 11-001.