Review: ‘David Rosenboom: Propositional Music,’ an Avatar of Experimentalism

Anthony Tommasini in The New York Times

A version of this review appears in print on May 25, 2015, on page C2 of the New York edition with the headline: Evolution of Forms Kicks Off Concerts at the Whitney .

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David Rosenboom: Propositional Music

Ongoing Series

A three-day series in collaboration with the Whitney Museum celebrates fifty years of David Rosenboom’s pioneering contributions to American experimental music. A composer, performer, conductor, interdisciplinary artist, author and educator, Rosenboom presents many of his major works, from 1964 to the present.

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Zones of Influence

the Whitney Museum: 99 Gansevoort St, NYC 10014

A landmark work for percussion, electronics, and auxiliary keyboard and glissando instruments, David Rosenboom’s "Zones of Influence" was an early breakthrough linking electroacoustic performance to interactive compositional algorithms. The piece was written expressly for William Winant, who performs here.

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