Loren Rush
Loren Rush(born August 23, 1935) is aU.S.composer.
Biography
[edit]His works include thedronepieceHard Music(1970) for three amplified pianos. The piece features nomelodicfigurationbut rathercloudscreated by only onenote,the low D above cello C, repeated quickly enough by each player to be heard as nearly continuous. The surface results from the compositerhythmsof percussive attacks and the interplay ofpartialsbrought out through the rhythms and fortissimodynamics.The fifth through the ninth partials are particularly easy to hear and the louder passages feature higher partials.[1]
In 1957, he formed an improvisation group withTerry Riley,Pauline Oliveros,Robert Erickson,and Bill Butler with a focus an aleatoric and improvisational techniques. "[2]
References
[edit]- ^Erickson, Robert (1975).Sound Structure in Music.University of California Press.ISBN0-520-02376-5p.95
- ^"Early Improvisations with Pauline Oliveros, Loren Rush, Terry Riley, and Others (1957)Other Minds Audio Archive at Archive.Org
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