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Iannis Xenakis (Greek: Ιωάννης Ξενάκης) (May 29, 1922 - February 4, 2001) was Romanian-born Greek modernist composer, musical theoretician, and architect. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential composers of the twentieth century. His music theory book, Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition, is regarded as one of the most important theoretical works of 20th century music.
In 1932 his family returned to Greece, and he was educated on Spetsai and at the Athens Polytechnic, where he studied engineering. In 1947 he arrived in Paris, where he became a member of Le Corbusier’s architectural team, producing his first musical work, Metastasis, only in 1954, based on the design for the surfaces of the Philips pavilion to be built for the Brussels Exposition of 1958. This, with its divided strings and mass effects, had an enormous influence; but in ensuing works he moved on to find mathematical and computer means of handling large numbers of events, drawing on (for example) Gaussian distribution (ST/10, Atrées), Markovian chains (Analogiques) and game theory (Duel, Stratégie). Other interests were in electronic music (Bohor, 1962), ancient Greek drama (used in several settings) and instrumental virtuosity (Herma for piano, 1964; Nomos alpha for cello, 1966).
In 1932 his family returned to Greece, and he was educated on Spetsai and at the Athens Polytechnic, where he studied engineering. In 1947 he arrived in Paris, where he became a member of Le Corbusier’s architectural team, producing his first musical work, Metastasis, only in 1954, based on the design for the surfaces of the Philips pavilion to be built for the Brussels Exposition of 1958. This, with its divided strings and mass effects, had an enormous influence; but in ensuing works he moved on to find mathematical and computer means of handling large numbers of events, drawing on (for example) Gaussian distribution (ST/10, Atrées), Markovian chains (Analogiques) and game theory (Duel, Stratégie). Other interests were in electronic music (Bohor, 1962), ancient Greek drama (used in several settings) and instrumental virtuosity (Herma for piano, 1964; Nomos alpha for cello, 1966).
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Taxes wrote:
what? no Xenakis ringtones?!
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Master_ov_Khaos wrote:
Metastasis is an incredible piece of music.
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capn_bill wrote:
HIS MUSIC IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. Sorry... I did some research & found many works of Xenakis.
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WillOtheWisp666 wrote:
Search google blogs. Or go to Amazon.com
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jimmytheone44 wrote:
i get can where?
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Avant_GardeFull wrote:
Iannis has the name my (holy) father had before he died - of course now i can see that name in his grave and yes i can Dance ! thanx Iannis Xenakis !
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Ekengren wrote:
So good!
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sotgk wrote:
lifestyle
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hole666666 wrote:
Oh my fucking god. Just started listening to his "chamber works"/////// FUCK. this is some of the best stuff ever. A very underrated genius this guy is....
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sebastiaan_j wrote:
26th of september in Utrecht, Holland: http://www.last.fm/event/1161058
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molesteban wrote:
its so much easier than that though
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Mind_Plague wrote:
You know, listening to old-school avant-garde electronica is like reading a difficult but worthy book: you don't want to begin, but should you begin and concentrate - you become thoroughly absorbed.
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tyler_noreika wrote:
Was just listening to Metastasis, and briefly thought I was listening to the a-side of Chaos Is Me.
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BorzumSul wrote:
I'm a top listener. Crikey!
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Vidreven wrote:
One of my favorite composers.
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Ron242 wrote:
Just a reminder to remove it from the library, no need to get all worked up...jeez
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cibolero wrote:
mavonbarksfield i think about this a lot actually. webern was in love with schubert, picasso with ingres, it only makes sense that xenakis would be really into the beatles or whatever.
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Mynoreti wrote:
xenakis makes me feel anxious.
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nancykitten wrote:
MavonBarksfield, you disturb me greatly with your imagination.
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flute_starr wrote:
Attention Chicago-area Xenakis fans! ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) is doing a huge Xenakis concert with Steve Schick conducting on June 4 at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Check it out: http://www.iceorg.org/xenakis/ http://www.mcachicago.org/performances/perf_detail.php?id=456 http://www.last.fm/event/1058484 Hope to see you there!
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