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	S022579 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Schnittke argued that polystylistic elements had existed throughout the history of music, but "subconsciously", in variations or parodies where borrowed material was clearly recognizable.
		These elements were equally to be found in theater, in opera and in symphonic music, in their dramatic contrasts or in their less obvious stylistic hints and allusions.
		The polystylistic approach becomes more and more important in the twentieth century because of the tendency to broaden musical and stylistic space, to create a wider view embracing all centuries.
	www.sonoraproductions.com /s022579.html (1794 words)

	Alfred Schnittke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich, but after the visit of the Italian composer Luigi Nono to the USSR he took up the serial technique in works such as Music for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1964).
		The first concert work to use the polystylistic technique was the Second Violin Sonata, Quasi una sonata (1967-1968), but the influence of Schnittke's film work on his stylistic development is shown by the fact that much of the music of this work was derived from a score for the film Glass Accordion.
		He continued to develop the polystylistic technique in works such as the epic First Symphony (1969-1972) and First Concerto Grosso (1977), but also composed more stylistically unified works such as the Piano Quintet (1972-1976), written in memory of his recently deceased mother.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfred_Schnittke (653 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The decay and deconstruction of form are the basic ideas behind the compositional method of Alfred Schnittke, according to the introduction to an article in the periodical "Das Orchester" (current issue 1/2003) - an article well worth reading.
		Maria Kostakeva attempts to delineate what is really of consequence in Schnittke's so-called "polystylistic method" in her essay "Die Explosion des Museums" (The Explosion of the Museum, pp.
		"The polystylistic method," she concludes, "is the expression of Schnittke's artistic world view.
	www.sikorski.de /articles/article264.html (107 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| Arts critics \| Feature: In celebration of composer Alfred Schnittke
		Doubts about the authenticity of a voice, are for him another level of play: what he called his "polystylistic" voice.
		Certain of Schnittke's spiritual preoccupations, such as his dabblings in the occult, in the I-Ching (like John Cage), in anthroposophy (though he said he could never trust a man with eyes like Rudolf Steiner's), culminated in his indecision as to whether to join the Catholic or the Russian Orthodox churches.
		Schnittke, half Jewish, his parents and grandparents atheists, a German Russian who spent much of his post-war childhood in Vienna, was a polystylistic man. He was led to the spiritual.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /critic/feature/0,1169,728572,00.html (1236 words)

	SCHNITTKE Concerto No.3 for Violin and Chamber Orch [SHJ]: Classical Reviews- August 2001 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		His pieces are not instantly accessible - their eclecticism can be disconcerting - but his fragmented use of many familiar forms and stylistic ideas is easy to follow (the concerto and sonata on this disc both remain rooted strictly in a classical form).
		However, these polystylistic structures are complicated further by Schnittke's flexible 20th-century approach to tonality - these in turn causes the harsh dissonances that are at first apparent.
		An enforced struggle between harmony and disharmony ensues; this is Schnittke's metaphor for the conflict between the musical styles of the past and present respectively, and it is significant that the sonata never finds a conclusive centre in one tonality or another.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2001/Aug01/Schnittkevc3.htm (675 words)

	BMOP :: Alfred Schnittke
		Thereafter he supported himself chiefly as a composer of film scores; by 1984 he had scored more than 60 films.
		Noted, above all, for his hallmark "polystylistic" idiom, Schnittke has written in a wide range of genres and styles.
		His Concerto Grosso No. 1 (1977) was one of the first works to bring his name to prominence.
	www.bmop.org /musicians/composer_bio.aspx?cid=135 (532 words)

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		American Mosaic features the works of ten composers who have written pieces for flute and harp, stretching from an arrangement of "To a Wild Rose" to two new pieces by composers born in the 1970s.
		Haskell Small is another pianist whose work crosses genres: his writing for the instrument harks back to the American Romantic tradition of Barber, certainly, but also like Barber, there are distinct hints of jazz in the music, as well.
		LeBaron's chamber work portrays the course of the earth from "chaos" to "holocaust and implosion." The piece itself is polystylistic, with references to the 17th-century passacaglia, the Italian devotional lauda, the waltz, and to jazz.
	www.newmusicbox.org /soundtracks/jan01/home.html (1097 words)

	Amazon.ca: Editorial Reviews Music: Wild Party [Cast Recording] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		LaChiusa depicts the party-turned-nightmare trajectory of the story through complex, polystylistic counterpoint, as well as such searingly straightforward numbers as "After Midnight Dies"; even the orchestrations (by Bruce Coughlin) are fantastically detailed and allusive.
		Mandy Patinkin is made to draw on his full repertory of shticks and gives a wildly over-the-top characterization of the vaudeville clown Burrs, while Toni Collette (an Oscar nominee for The Sixth Sense), playing his unhappy lover Queenie who throws this mother of all parties, plays against him with toxic, combustible energy.
		His racy musical is based on a 1928 poem about one night of escalating decadence, through which LaChiusa stages a brilliant, savage, polystylistic unmasking of the lies we live by.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/music/B00004T9VJ/reviews (414 words)

	Polystylism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Polystylism is the use of multiple styles or techniques of music, and is seen as a postmodern characteristic.
		Polystylist composers include George Rochberg, Alfred Schnittke, John Zorn, and Michael Jackson (Morphine, 1997).
		This page was last modified 22:43, 11 July 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polystylism (64 words)

	CD Spotlight
		Elliott Schwartz himself says: 'The time is ripe for an unprecedented outpouring of post-modernist, collage-orientated polystylistic music' and he goes on to give reasons.
		These include the availability of recordings of music of all possible types, cultures and periods; the habit listeners now have of frequently hearing music in disconnected chunks through channel switching and search buttons; and the influence of composers such as Ives, Berio, Stockhausen and Schnittke and, in more recent American music, Rochberg, Foss and Bolcom.
		Rochberg refers to the impact of his polystylistic works such as the Third Quartet (1973): 'Throughout I've managed to give modernism and modernists a real hard time, especially...
	www.mvdaily.com /articles/2002/08/stylmod1.htm (475 words)

	O Brother - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bluegrass has had a few previous moments in the pop-culture sun, most notably in 1967, when Flatt and Scruggs's "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" was featured in "Bonnie and Clyde," but its current resurgence runs deeper — and wider — than that.
		Needless to say, it doesn't hurt that they are photogenic, but it is their adventurous yet accessible music, not their fresh-faced good looks, that is drawing crowds and selling CD's.
		Traditional bluegrass is itself a fusion music, constructed by Bill Monroe in the late 30's out of country, gospel, jazz and the blues, and since his time it has assimilated a variety of other sources.
	www.obrothermusic.com /reviews/review2.htm (1663 words)

	Ades: Asyla, These Premises Are Alarmed, etc. / Rattle, et al
		Born in 1971, British composer Thomas Adès has rapidly gained an international standing as one of the most exciting voices among the newest generation of composers.
		His debut release, Life Story, revealed an amazing facility for experimenting with sonic colors, while the 1997 opera Powder Her Face--a polystylistic amalgam of savage comedy and tragic pathos--grabbed attention as a work of stunningly effective theatricality.
		The music gathered on this disc ranges from early works when Adès was still considered a composer of "promise" to more recent ones that announce a full-fledged artist.
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	Capriccio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Instead he developed the stylistically “adulterated” techniques he himself called the “polystylistic approach”.
		Apposite examples are the Suite in the Old Style and the Five fragments on paintings by Hieronymus Bosch.
		In both, the use of a harpsichord creates a somewhat grotesque, ”polystylistic” tone.
	www.capricciousa.com /releases.html (439 words)

	Bio of Alfred Schnittke
		His abandonment of the reigning dogma of post-war Europe was an inspiration to a whole generation that has sought freedom of action.
		Most of his music is characterized by polystylistic construction: radically different compositional styles, drawn from centuries of music history, coexist in the same composition.
		Schnittke's piece is not, however, imitation Mahler, but an embodiment of the great Austrian's aesthetic, using his thematic material.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~cyoungk/schnittkebio.htm (2799 words)

	Schnittke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The belief in a pluralistic synthesising style was very strong in the music from the 60’s through to the 80’s.
		This is one of the main influences on the development of polystylistic ideas.
		The polystylistical method here is ramified and includes quotation and allusion under conditions of collage.
	www.smirnov.fsworld.co.uk /Schnittke.html (5811 words)

	www.jazzweekly.com \| Reviews
		Before their disintegration in 1987 (when Slava Ganelin emigrated to Israel), the Trio enjoyed a measure of acclaim in Europe during the mid- to late-1980s, but never made significant inroads to the minds of US jazz audiences.
		For the record, the Ganelin Trio does not play free jazz, though they use group improvisation as one of a vast array of musical processes which may take place within the framework of their lengthy, polystylistic suites.
		Things start off with a bang: Ganelin’s synthesizer sputtering like a malfunctioning CD player, Tarasov massaging his drums and cymbals, and Chekasin eliciting otherworldly wailings from 2 saxophones played simultaneously.
	www.jazzweekly.com /reviews/ganelin_15.htm (632 words)

	Expectations: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This was the first real indication to the world that Keith Jarrett was an ambitious, multi-talented threat to be reckoned with, an explosion of polystylistic music that sprawled over two LPs (now squeezed onto a single CD).
		This was the first real indication to the world that Keith Jarrett [+] was an ambitious, multi-talented threat to be reckoned with, an explosion of polystylistic music that sprawled over two LPs (now squeezed onto a single CD).
		Using his classic quartet (Dewey Redman [+], Charlie Haden [+], Paul Motian [+]) as a base, Jarrett occasionally adds the biting rock-edged electric guitar of Sam Brown and always-intriguing percussionist Airto Moreira [+], and indulges in some pleasant string and brass arrangements of his own, along with some grinding organ smears and acceptable soprano sax.
	www.music.com /release/expectations/1 (376 words)

	Music: June 22, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ordinarily, it's Mirror policy to make music writers interview themselves when they want a plug for their band (recall, please, the Cummins vs. Cummins fiasco).
		M: Thing is, music this polystylistic needs a central focus, a central persona, which it's really up to you to provide.
		LM: Well, five albums of material, the five stories, are pretty much written up in one form or another, whether it be lyrically, musically or beatboxed on tape.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2000/062200/music3.html (500 words)

	Stanley Clarke MP3 Downloads - Stanley Clarke Music Downloads - Stanley Clarke Music Videos
		Clarke stretches his muscles and comes up with a mostly impressive, polystylistic, star-studded double album (now on one CD) that gravitates ever closer to the R&B mainstream.
		Clarke's writing remains strong and his tastes remain unpredictable, veering into rock, electronic music, acoustic jazz, even reggae in tandem with British rocker Jeff...
		Clarke's writing remains strong and his tastes remain unpredictable, veering into rock, electronic music, acoustic jazz, even reggae in tandem with British rocker Jeff Beck.
	www.mp3.com /albums/55446/summary.html (355 words)

	Nickel Creek Biography & Discography
		Their solid instrumental skills -- built through the speedy, fluent and technical efficiencies of early bluegrass training -- are now kissed by all their influences.
		New York Times writer Terry Teachout describes their sound as "polystylistic" and elaborates, "The House that Bill Monroe Built seems to be going through a stylistic remodeling, and anyone curious about where it's heading next need only to listen to the postmodern, polystylistic sounds of three cheerful prodigies who call themselves Nickel Creek."
		Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of the band's success is the diversity of their fan base, especially the proliferation of younger fans.
	www.bluegrass-usa.com /nickel_creek (951 words)

	Sequenza21/The Contemporary Classical Music Weekly
		"polystylism," and the Third Quartet is his most accessible polystylistic
		While many of Schnittke's polystylistic works are cruelly
		least sarcastic or depressing of his polystylistic works.
	www.sequenza21.com /2005/11/kronos-quartet-san-diego-nov-9.html (989 words)

	Improvising Across Borders: Abstracts and Presenters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The evolving relationship between improvisation and technology-based music (Harry Castle)
		"Thinkin' one thing and doin' another": polystylistic elements in 70s Miles
		Once critically disdained, Miles Davis' recordings from the 1970s have recently been rehabilitated as a kind of Rosetta Stone for welding disparate cultural styles into a workable whole.
	orpheus.ucsd.edu /dept.music/csep/iab/abstracts.html (8039 words)

	Despite its present popularity, jazz in Lithuania has often had to endure difficult times
		Lithuania is inconceivable without jazz, just like Lapland without Father Christmas or Japan without computers.
		Its present-day jazz scene is an ocean of music with a vast stylistic spectrum, various genre currents above the reefs of the means of expression, and polystylistic depths and ebbs and flows of conflicting emotions.
		Despite its present popularity, jazz in Lithuania has often had to endure difficult times
	www.vilniusjazz.lt /press/41997liw.htm (2690 words)

	John Zorn
		Let's be blunt: only a real Zornie will go for this lavish 7CD boxset.
		The brutal cut-ups and dislocations that later become Zorn's polystylistic calling cards are here present throughout, though on the surface of the music: the organic "development-climax-decay" schema so characteristic of much free improvisation these past few years is here conceptually (and hence musically) impossible due to the complex permutations of the "score".
		Worth mentioning though, and also touched upon in Coleman's text, is the extent to which Zorn's compositional technique was influenced by earlier generations of experimental composers, notably Cage, Wolff, Brown, Braxton and-crucially-Kagel.
	www.paristransatlantic.com /magazine/recordings/zorncoll.html (1092 words)

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