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William Joseph Susman (born August 29, 1960) is an American composer of concert and film music and a pianist. He belongs to the generation of American composers that came of age in the late twentieth century and received traditional academic training while remaining thoroughly engaged with popular music (in his case, jazz).〔''Classical Music Review'' (M. McDonagh, Piano performance of music by D. Ellington and B. Strayhorn, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA )〕 Susman has written orchestral and chamber music for concert performance, as well as documentary film scores.〔"All Music" (William Susman Biography )〕 His first major work and earliest recognition was for ''Pentateuch'' for soprano, three choral groups and divisi orchestra, which caught the attention of Earle Brown at the BMI awards in 1985.〔''Contemporary Music Review'', Volume 26, Issue 3 & 4 June 2007, pages 371 - 375, (Earle Brown: From Motets to Mathematics - Available Recollections )〕 At Brown's recommendation, he received a commission from the Fromm Music Foundation. For his Fromm commission he composed ''Trailing Vortices'' (1986) for chamber orchestra which had performances at the Aspen Music festival as well as the Alicante and Gaudeamus music festivals both conducted by Ernest Bour.〔( El Pais, Enrique Franco, Enviado Especial - Alicante - 23 September 1987 )〕 ''Trailing Vortices'' was inspired by photographs found in ''An Album of Fluid Motion'' by Milton Van Dyke. He then applied the acoustical concepts of Shepard tones and the studies of Jean Claude Risset to create an "aural translation" of trailing vortices. ==Music== His music integrates diverse influences spanning the western classical and jazz tradition to science and numerology. Rhythm plays a strong role in his compositions through musical devices such as the Afro-Cuban montuño, medieval hocket and isorhythm. The New York Times has described his music as ".. vivid, turbulent, rich-textured..."〔"The New York Times'' (Review, A. Kozinn )"〕 and The Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange said his album ''Music for Moving Pictures''〔"All Music Guide" (Music for Moving Pictures )〕 is "A flawless gem...of rare beauty and consummate aesthetic discretion".〔''Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange'' (M.S. Tucker, Review for Music For Moving Pictures )〕 In addition to performances of his music in the U.S. and Europe, his compositions have been featured on radio such as ''New Sounds'' on WNYC,〔"New Sounds, WNYC" (Psychosounds, J. Schaefer, ''New Sounds'', Broadcast on WNYC )〕 ''Echoes''〔"Echoes Radio Show" (Syndicated to NPR (Public Radio International) )〕 on NPR and ''Concertzender''〔"Concertzender" (Radio broadcasts, archive listings )〕 He founded the record label Belarca for the ensemble OCTET with distribution by Naxos of America. Its mission is to record and widely disseminate contemporary music by living composers who push artistic boundaries.〔"Yahoo Finance" (Naxos of America Launches Four Labels for Distribution )〕 ''Scatter My Ashes'' released by Belarca was the album debut for Octet Ensemble.〔"textura reviews" (Octet Ensemble: William Susman: Scatter My Ashes )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Susman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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