URL: http://cec.concordia.ca/econtact/SAN/Harvey.htm
Language(s): English
Keyword(s):
Music Education , Electroacoustic Music , Electronic MusicAbstract:
This interview presents the English composer Jonathan Harvey in four parts:
General, composition: his musical background in Tenbury, Cambridge, Glasgow and Princeton with Milton Babbitt, the discovery of electroacoustic music and his first pieces
Technical: acoustic and electroacoustic compositional techniques
Education: his education experience and his criticism of music education in American and European societies
Finale: his future projects and possible expected musical developments in the late twentieth century