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Iannis Xenakis's Nomos Alpha
Category: Music
Duration: 00:11:14
Publish Date: 2011-10-22 18:05:00
Description: Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explains how Iannis Xenakis uses the symmetry of a cube to determine musical parameters in Nomos Alpha for solo cello; Paul Griffiths highlights the composer's innovations in the fields of sound and instrumental writing; and we hear an archive interview in which Xenakis credits his teacher Olivier Messiaen in helping him to find his own compositional voice.
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