Tuesday, November 27, 2007

This is Cool

A very clever YouTuber has videoed Rainer Wehinger's "listening score" to Ligeti's 1957 electronic piece Artikulation and syncronized it to the music. Wehinger's score is a work of abstract beauty; following it to the music opens up a new understanding of Ligeti's procedures. (I especially like how Wehinger gives a shaded background for reverberating tones but leaves the space behind the more clipped or spliced tones blank.) I owe a tip of the hat to Musicareaction for the link.