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Essai pour les triangles (1987), 00:06:27Curt Veeneman
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Biography: Biography Curt Veeneman received his Ph.D. in composition in 1989 from the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied with Andrew Imbrie. He received his M.A. in 1985 from the University of Iowa, where he studied with Donald Martin Jenni and Richard Hervig. He has spoken and/or his works have been performed throughout the United States, in Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Bulgaria. He is the winner of several awards, including the ASCAP-Hubbell Award for composition.
Veeneman's works include The Wiry Concord for 5-string banjo, dulcimer, cimbalom, harp, harpsichord, piano, viola and percussion (Capstone Records), Mountain Thyme, based on Bulgarian folk music (recorded by the Sofia Symphony Orchestra), Hommage à Martin Jenni (multum amas) for voice, flute,'cello, piano, and percussion, and Pneuma for solo flute. As a performer, Veeneman is recorded on Music and Arts. He lives in California with his wife and three children.
Program Notes: Essai pour les Triangles may be heard on three distinct but related levels. First there is the gradual transformation of a triangle wave (that is, a fundamental tone and its odd-numbered partials) into a multitude of complex sonorities.
On a second, processive level, two mathematical constructs instill an order to the growth and change of the music: the triangular number series and the Triangle de Pascal. These fertile numerical sets each reveal fascinating patterns which may be exploited in the acoustical dimension, including some with palindromic characteristics.
Lastly, on a formal level, this work has three successive"sides"in time: an exposition (thesis), a development (synthesis), and a disintegration (antithesis). The two opposing forces in the music now dissipate all forward momentum and as elements are disintegrated (this being the final step of the timbral process) the remaining acoustical energy is absorbed into nothingness.
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