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Post Subject: Les Mysteres des Voix BulgaresPosted by drdna on: 8/2/2009
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I was recently listening to Les Mysteres des Voix Bulgares, Volume 1. I was really struck by the way the arrangements and the tonal structures seem for me to crystallize a moment in time in the context of the cultrure for which the music originated. It seemed to me a perfect form of social commentary in musical form. So often I feel that compositions fail because the composers try to create a social commentary through the structure of the musical form in a very ham-fisted way, such as in the "Requiem for the Victims of AIDS." To allow the music simply to speak through its fundamental structure, as it is influenced by the socioeconomic conditions at the times in which the composer lives seems a million times more effective, if more sublime. I wondered if anyone had some thoughts on this or if you had some compositions that came to mind on this topic?
Adrian
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