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with Michael Cuthbert <br>
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<font size=2>Thursday<br>
Apr. 19<br>
5:00 PM<br>
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Recent trends in music composition push bounds by creating pieces which
are either more complex or simpler than works of the past. And yet, our
ability to understand and be interested in the compositions at these
extremes has kept pace. In this talk, Michael Cuthbert will show how
simple minimalist processes give rise to highly ambiguous structures,
while many of the most complex moments are reducible to easier to
comprehend processes. The effect of potentially endless works—including
sections of Beethoven symphonies—will generalize the talk to other
musical styles and other media. Cuthbert, visiting assistant professor of
music at MIT, has worked extensively on fourteenth-century music and on
music of the past 40 years. A recipient of the Rome Prize of the
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Academy, Cuthbert earned his Ph.D. from Harvard in 2006.<br><br>
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