December 26 - Earle Brown (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for December 26th are here: Earle Brown (2019), Steve Allen (2020), and George Winston (2021)

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Earle Brown (26 December 1926 – 2 July 2002) was a leading composer on the extreme end of the American avant-garde.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gnomic Recipe

Composer Earle Brown,

Of avant-garde renown,

Made a career ignoring

Convention in his scoring,

Employing marks and graphs,

Instead of notes and staffs,

And ending all conformance

From performance to performance.

 

 

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