Friday, May 10, 2024

May 10 - Milton Babbitt (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for May 10th may be found here: Milton Babbitt (2019), Fred Astaire; Milton Babbitt; Max Steiner (2020), Milton Babbitt (2021), Jean-Marie Leclair (2022), and Milton Babbitt (2023)

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Milton Babbitt (10 May 1916 – 29 January 2011) was an American composer and theorist known for his uncompromising advocacy of advanced serial and electronic techniques.

 




 

 

Planning Ahead

The erudite souls who inhabit

The musical world of Babbitt

Have replaced intuition

With pre-composition,

Or perhaps you might say they prefab it.

 

 

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