Milton Babbitt: PianoWorks
EAC (APE & CUE) | Classical | 1 CD / 238 MB
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As a composition pupil of Roger Sessions at Princeton, Babbitt attempted to apply twelve-tone principles to all the elements of his composition: dynamics, timbre, and rhythm, as well as melody and harmony, which he fondly called "total serialization". In 1959, Babbitt became one of the directors of the new Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City. His works include
Three Compositions for Piano (1947), three string quartets (1942, 1954, 1969–70),
Composition for Synthesizer (1961),
Philomel (1964) for soprano, taped soprano, and synthesizer,
A Solo Requiem for soprano and piano, and
Dual (1980) for cello and piano.