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	Iannis Xenakis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the time he began composing in earnest, Xenakis had not had much formal study of music and almost nothing of theory, and so he studied harmony and counterpoint with whoever was willing to accept him as a student despite his vast gaps in knowledge and reluctance to defer to established authority.
		Xenakis was a creative architect, exploring the possibilities of new materials and shapes in construction, and was frequently entrusted with important projects that called on his technical and artistic skills.
		Xenakis attended Messiaen's Paris Conservatoire classes regularly, and his confidence grew along with his compositional skill; he would shortly thereafter combine the mathematical ideas he had been developing in Corbusier's studio with the musical tools he had been honing with Messiaen to produce his first major work.
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	Metastasis (Xenakis composition) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In warfare, as Xenakis knew it through his musical ear, no individual bullet being fired could be distinguished among the cacophony, but taken as a whole the sound of "gunfire" was clearly identifiable.
		Xenakis, an accomplished architect, saw the chief difference between music and architecture as that while space is viewable from all dimensions, music can only be experienced from one.
		A ballet was choreographed to Xenakis' Metastasis and Pithoprakta by George Balanchine; the work was premiered on January 18, 1968 by the New York City Ballet with Suzanne Farrell and Arthur Mitchell.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metastasis_(Xenakis_composition) (686 words)

	Iannis Xenakis
		Xenakis joins the Greek Resistance, first in a right-wing party, then later in the EAM (communist party) : he is in the front line of street demonstrations against the occupants, is imprisoned several times, first by the Italians and later by the Germans.
		Xenakis is invited to the Warsaw Autumn Festival.
		Xenakis is invited to teach as an Associate Professor at the University of Indiana at Bloomington.
	www.iannis-xenakis.org /english/bio.html (9316 words)

	Xenakis
		The latter is an important aspect of Xenakis' work, and perhaps the main reason for its broad reception: He is not limited by instrumental combinations, by tempered scales, by scales at all or by simultaneity.
		Xenakis' output is generally very difficult to classify, especially as he does not use instrumental combinations consistently.
		Most of Xenakis' works are in the 5-15 minute range, a duration which often seems quite sufficient, given the density of the writing and difficulty of the music.
	www.medieval.org /music/modern/xenakis.html (729 words)

	Iannis Xenakis Mycenae-Alpha
		Xenakis was inspired by Varese's interest in composition with sound masses and the application of scientific principles to music composition.
		Xenakis has worked with computers and mathematics including probability, set theory, calculus, and game theory and has produced a large and significant body of works for solo instruments, ensembles, orchestra, chorus, and works for tape, as well as several polytopes: sonic and light installations.
		Xenakis' music depends on giving aural life to shapes and patterns of movement, whether invisible, as in a cloud, or invisible, as in the movement of molecules in a gas.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~ewrbumst/xenakis.html (769 words)

	Iannis Xenakis. Architect of Light and Sound by Alessandra Capanna for the Nexus Network Journal vol.3 no.2 Spring 2001
		In the fifties, Xenakis was developing these kind of thoughts and was asking himself first of all about rules in composition and whether is possible to produce something in music or in any other field in the total absence of rules, or in other words, in an absolutely free way.
		With the aid of a computer, Xenakis was able to explore the large universe of configurations based on the variation of sonorous density, in the same way in which the of material or spatial density are delineated, through the application the formulas of the calculus of probability.
		Xenakis came up with various conceptions for this project (Figure 4), but the one that was realized consisted of a tent of 1000 square meters of semi-transparent red vinyl, so that the performance was visible also from the outside.
	www.nexusjournal.com /Capanna-en.html (2730 words)

	Iannis Xenakis, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Xenakis' engineering studies and architectural work directly impacted his musical ideas (and vice versa) -- on the belief that composition develops outside of music, he built upon mathematical and philosophical principles to develop his stochastic theory (adapting the name from "stochos," the Greek word for "goal").
		Xenakis explored the inner structural organization of composing, applying theories of statistical probability to discover the interrelationships between organized sound and music; with the advent of computer technology, he translated his findings into programs which created new compositional families.
		Xenakis broke further ground in his studies of spatial dynamics -- positioning musicians throughout an auditorium according to kinetic principles, he pursued a perfect sonic balance based upon the distribution of sound from a multitude of directions.
	www.emusic.com /artist/10566/10566336.html (490 words)

	Masterpiece's of 20th-Century Multi-channel Tape Music: Xenakis
		Iannis Xenakis was born in Braïla, Romania in 1922.
		Xenakis concedes, however, that he was more interested in studying composition than in being an architect during this time.
		Xenakis departed from the purer, more transparent appropriations of musique concrète that prevailed at Schaeffer's studio and instead explored the deeper structures of his sound materials, preferring extremely rich sounds or extremely faint sounds highly amplified.
	www.music.columbia.edu /masterpieces/notes/xenakis/bio.html (602 words)

	Kyle Gann's Column: November 12, 1996
		Xenakis, for his part, has little idea that a popular Manhattan musician with his own aesthetic and following is involved in this digital restoration.
		Xenakis, ever the formalist from a formalist generation, doesn't speak in such associative terms.
		Xenakis had turned to math to create what he thought were forms of classical perfection; postmodern Spooky hears in those tortured forms "free association and the psychological impact of memory, a kind of controlled delirium." And when I ask Xenakis's impression of DJ Spooky's work as an avant-garde DJ, he replies, "Watt eez dee-zhay?"
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	Iannis Xenakis - Volume 5 - La Legende d'Eer
		Xenakis surrounds the work with a compilation of five texts, reflecting or reacting upon each other across the distances in time, space, and culture which separate them.
		The music of Iannis Xenakis can be grating on the nerves of any music lover, but the harsh worlds he creates in his works are also accompanied by incredible beauty and serenity (though some listeners do not give enough attention to Xenakis to find the beauty in his works).
		Some of Xenakis' replies were rather scattered and hard to follow only to end with him asking the interviewer to repeat the question.
	www.moderecords.com /catalog/148xenakis.html (1201 words)

	Xenakis, Yannis - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Xenakis studied civil engineering in Athens (1940-47) and worked as an architect in Paris (1947-59) with Le Corbusier.
		Xenakis used both Greek folk elements and twelve-tone technique in his music.
		In 1958, Xenakis collaborated with Edgar Varèse on the Poème Electronique.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/Xenakis.asp (308 words)

	Roger Reynolds
		Xenakis: He thought he had found it, but it was not there.
		Xenakis: This is a general question about where we are going, not only in the arts, but in thinking.
		Xenakis: When you say repetition, it is "thinking again about the same thing." This is what I think of as the meaning of "repetition." And you have that in the variation music in older times.
	rogerreynolds.com /xenakis1.html (4035 words)

	EMF Media Iannis Xenakis
		Iannis Xenakis is one of the most important composers of the 20th century.
		Xenakis' interest in graphical interfaces, led him to invent the UPIC (the computer draws shapes which are used to control various musical parameters), which has been used by numerous important composers, including Jean-Claude Risset, Cort Lippe, Joji Yuasa and others.
		In addition to his musical work, Xenakis was a protege of architect Le Corbusier, and he designed, among other projects, the Phillips Pavilion at the 1958 Brussel's World's Fair, in which Edgar Varese's pioneering work, 'Poem Electronique' was performed, along with Xenakis's own music.
	www.emfmedia.org /artists/xenakis.html (406 words)

	Iannis Xenakis: the aesethetics of his early works (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Xenakis' fundamental approach to chance, however, differed in that it applied reason and order to 'controlling' chance the most progressively it possibly could with the knowledge available at that time in the field of science and mathematics.
		Xenakis drew an analogy between the movement of a gas molecule through space and that of a string instrument through its pitch range.
		Xenakis would still apply other theories and principles in creating the music, such as the theory of gases and Poisson's law of sparse events, which dictates the sparse textures late in the work, but the importance of Probability theory was, according to Christopher Butchers, of vast importance in the blending of science and art.
	www.furious.com /perfect/xenakis.html (3034 words)

	CDeMUSIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Iannis Xenakis is without a doubt one of the major figures in the development of music in the 20th century.
		Iannis Xenakis has emerged as among the most fascinating and compelling composers of the 20th century because of the confluence of unique vision and extraordinary talent that characterizes his work.
		The compositions are Xenakis' 'Dammerschein' (1994), for large orchestra; 'Persephassa' (1969), for 6 percussionists; 'La Deesse Athena' (1992), for baritone, solo percussion, and ensemble, with Philip Larson (baritone) and Timothy Adams (percussion); and Edgard Varese' 'Ameriques' (1922) for large orchestra.
	www.cdemusic.org /store/cde_search.cfm?keywords=ixenakiscds (1375 words)

	Iannis Xenakis - Music for Strings
		Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) ranks among the titans of the 20th century.
		Xenakis pioneered granular synthesis, interactive musical games, computer-generated music, and the translation of higher mathematics (Markov chains, Brownian Motion, sieves, etc.) into music, however new recordings appear infrequently.
		Xenakis: Music for Strings (Mode) collects six captivating pieces for string ensembles of various sizes, from the brief, valedictory Voile for 20 strings (1995) to the lumbering, tour de force for solo double bass, Theraps (1975-76), to the seminal 1959 electronic work Analogique A+B, which betters the version on Iannissimo!
	www.moderecords.com /catalog/152xenakis.html (295 words)

	Iannis Xenakis biography - 8notes.com
		Iannis Xenakis (May 29, 1922, Romania - February 4, 2001) was a Greek composer who spent much of his life in Paris, France.
		Xenakis participated in the Greek Resistance during the World War II and the first phase of Greek Civil War as a member of the students company Lord Byron of ELAS (Greek Peoples Liberation Army).
		In keeping with his use of probabilistic theories, many of Xenakis' pieces are, in his own words, 'a form of composition which is not the object in itself, but an idea in itself, that is to say, the beginnings of a family of compositions'.
	www.8notes.com /biographies/xenakis.asp (494 words)

	Browse by Artist: XENAKIS, IANNIS
		Inspired by the world's population explosion and the increasing acceleration of the advances in technology during the 50s, 'Kraanerg' is a swirling, overwhelming epic of turmoil, force and a myriad of different sounds, a piece both musically and conceptually relevant today.
		Xenakis pre-recorded crackling embers from which he extracted very brief (one-second) sound elements.
		"Xenakis' piano music is among the most powerful and virtuosic of the latter part of the 20th century.
	www.forcedexposure.com /artists/xenakis.iannis.html (2258 words)

	Amazon.com: Electronic Music: Music: Iannis Xenakis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The late great Iannis Xenakis, if you don't know his work, was an absolute genius, mathematically, musically, he was even a great architect (studied under le Corbusier) and sadly a political refugee.
		Rather than their being a balance between loud and soft, everything is loud and louder, and hence the incredible qualities of these groundbreaking works is lost in the horrible recorded sound.
		When I studied with the Xenakis at Indiana University, he was insistent on high quality sound and it is hard to believe that he could have approved the recordings on this release.
	www.amazon.com /Electronic-Music-Iannis-Xenakis/dp/B00005Y7YP (1662 words)

	Amazon.com: Xénakis: Pléïdes: Music: Les Percussions de Strasbourg,Christian Hamouy,Claude Ricou,Francois ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Aware of the demands placed on his audience, Xenakis architected the piece in four parts: Metaux (for metal instruments), Claviers (malleted percussion), Peaux (drums) and Melanges (mixture).
		Xenakis is responsible for most of the great percussion music written this century.
		There are many ways to interpret and perform his works, but it is important to remember that many of the deeper issues of inspiration and realisation for Xenakis in his use of percussion stem from his expereicnes in the Second World War.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000007HF?v=glance (1292 words)

	BBC - Music / Profiles - Iannis Xenakis
		A brilliant mathematician, Xenakis developed a musical language all of his own, drawing upon the close ties between architecture, music, maths and natural phenomena.
		These sonic events are made out of thousands of isolated sounds; this multitude of sounds, seen as totality, is a new sonic event.
		Xenakis was a leader of the Resistance movement that fought against the German occupation of Greece
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/profiles/xenakis.shtml (319 words)

	Sinewaves.it - iannis xenakis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		His creative and intellectual intensity attracted the attention of both the reknowned architect, who delegated architectural projects to him in spite of his lack of professional training, and the composer and pedagogue Olivier Messiaen, who saw in the music he was struggling to produce in isolation an originality deserving of encouragement.
		Xenakis had his first major succe's du scandale with the premiere of Metastasis at the Donaueschingen Festival in 1955, and by 1960, he was able to devote himself entirely to composition.
		In the domain of computer music, Xenakis was a pioneer in the area of algorithmic composition, and has also developed an approach to digital synthesis based on random generation and variation of the waveform itself.
	www.sinewaves.it /xenakis.htm (3031 words)

	Yannis Xenakis - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Yannis Xenakis - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Xenakis, Yannis (1922-2001), Greek-French composer known for his use of mathematical ideas in music.
		Important Greek classical composers of the 20th century include Manolis Kalomoiris, Nikos Skalkottas, and Yannis Xenakis.
	encarta.msn.com /Yannis_Xenakis.html (71 words)

	Xenakis - Legende D'eer DVD prices at Smarter.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Composed in the late-1970s, this piece was especially commissioned to commemorate the opening of the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
		Designed to be played in a specially built room--which Xenakis conceived himself--the music was played over a three month stretch as the Pompidou opened its doors to the public for the first time.
		An impressive piece of work that illustrates Xenakis's unique contributions to the art and music worlds, this is a great way to experience the unique, singular vision of the now sadly deceased composer.
	www.smarter.com /xenakis_legende_d_eer---pd--ch-4--pi-230430.html (277 words)

	Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001) Classical Compositions and Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) classical music sheets. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001) Classical Compositions and Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) classical music sheets.
		After earlier scientific training in Athens, he was largely self-taught as a composer, in Paris receiving encouragement from Messiaen.
		In addition to the theoretical writings and teaching of Xenakis, there are a varied series of compositions, from the orchestral Metastasis of 1954, Pithoprakta and Achoripsis, to the Empreintes of 1975 and the 1979 Pleïades, for percussion.
	www.naxos.com /composerinfo/2226.htm (198 words)

	YouTube - Varèse/ Xénakis/Le Corbusier - poeme électronique (1958)
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		Xenakis designed the Pavillon Philips in Brussels, home of the première of Edgard Varèse's Poème Électronique at the 1958 Brussels International Fair.
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	Iannis Xenakis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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		Iannis Xenakis (May 29, 1922 Br?ila - February 4, 2001 Paris) was a Greek composer and architect who spent much of his life in Paris.
		The Dynamic Stochastic Synthesis by Iannis Xenakis: Summary of paper submitted to the International Congress of Mathematicians.
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