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Article: Xenakis in miniature: style and structure in a r. (Hommage a Ravel) for piano (1987).
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- Perspectives of New Music
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- January 1, 2003
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INTRODUCTION
BETWEEN THE EARLY 1970s and the late 1990s Iannis Xenakis composed several short works for solo instruments and for small ensembles. Because of their limited duration and minimal instrumentation, these works may be thought of as miniatures in comparison to his lengthier and more numerous chamber and orchestral works. (1) Xenakis's miniatures are attractive subjects for analytical study because, in spite of their brevity and relative simplicity, they nevertheless demonstrate a masterly coordination of texture, pitch materials and temporal structure comparable to that found in the larger works. The miniature that has been chosen for analysis here is a ...
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