Philip Corner

Philip Corner
Born: Apr 10, 1933
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Styles: Experimental
Biography: Many of Corner's scores from the early '60s were partly verbal instruction and partly graphic fragments for open improvisation ensembles -- for example, Passionate Expanse of the Law, This Is It This Time (scores hung on string throughout orchestra), etc. His later work involves more meditative concerns. ...Read full biography
Metal Meditations
Released: 1997
Label: Alga Marghen
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American outsider Philip Corner created avant-garde compositions in the post-John Cage tradition, and Metal Meditations documents his experimentation with the resonant properties of amplified metal objects. ...Read full review
Gong / Ear
Released: 1993
Label: Aerial #5
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A brief piece for gongs of all nationalities, sizes and tunings, slight mysterious gestural sounds (objects tumbling on the rims, rubbings, etc) to long, sustained resonances. ~ "Blue" Gene Tyranny, All ...Read full review
More Philip Corner albums: Main Albums (6)
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