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Metastaseis (Xenakis)

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Metastaseis (Μεταστάσεις; spelled Metastasis in correct French transliteration, or in some early writings by the composer Métastassis) is an orchestral work for 61 musicians by Iannis Xenakis. [1]

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Anastenaria (Xenakis)

Anastenaria is a triptych cycle of compositions for SATB chorus, male chorus and orchestra by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis.

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Iannis Xenakis

Iannis Xenakis (Greek: Γιάννης (Ιάννης) Ξενάκης; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born, Greek-French composer, music theorist, architect, and engineer.

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List of 20th-century classical composers

This is a list of composers of 20th-century classical music, sortable by name, year of birth, year of death, nationality, notable works, and remarks.

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List of compositions by Iannis Xenakis

This article presents a complete list of compositions by Iannis Xenakis, organized by instrumentation.

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List of musical works in unusual time signatures

This is a list of musical compositions or pieces of music that have unusual time signatures.

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Metastaseis and Pithoprakta

Metastaseis and Pithoprakta is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to two orchestral works by Iannis Xenakis: Metastaseis, written 1953–54, and Pithoprakta, written 1955–56.

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Philips Pavilion

The Philips Pavilion was a World's Fair pavilion designed for Expo '58 in Brussels by the office of Le Corbusier.

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Pithoprakta

Pithoprakta (1955–56) is a piece by Iannis Xenakis for string orchestra (with 46 separate solo parts), two trombones, xylophone, and wood block, premièred by conductor Hermann Scherchen in Munich on March 1957.

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Retrograde (music)

A musical line which is the reverse of a previously or simultaneously stated line is said to be its retrograde or cancrizans ("walking backward", medieval Latin, from cancer, crab).

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Six chansons pour piano

Six chansons pour piano is a short piano suite and one of the earliest completed compositions by French composer Iannis Xenakis.

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Sound mass

In musical composition, a sound mass (also sound collective, sound complex, tone shower, sound crowd, or cloud) is the result of compositional techniques, in which, "the importance of individual pitches," is minimized, "in preference for texture, timbre, and dynamics as primary shapers of gesture and impact," obscuring, "the boundary between sound and noise".

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Tone cluster

A tone cluster is a musical chord comprising at least three adjacent tones in a scale.

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1955 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1955.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metastaseis_(Xenakis)

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