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Eric Whitacre is a 21st century composer and conductor known for his choral, orchestral and wind ensemble music.

"Equus" for wind ensemble/ orchestra appears in his 2012 album Water Night.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ilQaKuWWBs[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK0yv9ME-h8[/youtube]

Louis "Moondog" Hardin is one of the most fascinating 20th century composers. He was a major influence on composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass, who wozeree mentioned at the beginning of this thread.

"Moondog's music took its inspiration from street sounds, such as the subway or a foghorn. It tended to be relatively simple but characterized by what he called "snaketime" and described as "a slithery rhythm, in times that are not ordinary..."

"Moondog also invented several musical instruments, including a small triangular-shaped harp known as the "oo", another which he named the "ooo-ya-tsu", and a triangular stringed instrument played with a bow that he called the "hüs" (after the Norwegian, "hus", meaning "house"). Perhaps his best known creation is the "trimba", a triangular percussion instrument that the composer invented in the late 40s."

Here is the trimba:

OOo, I really like Moondog! NO wonder, I like Glass too.

This is really weird, but I've been recording street sounds to use as inspriration for my opera on King David. I never knew anybody else had ever done that before.

John Cage loved ambient sounds.

In interviews, he talks about the importance of appreciating all sounds in our environments to enrich our understanding of music.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAmAAGPxayU[/youtube]

You know a lot of interesting stuff!

Sort of lost touch with this thread so I can't remember if I already posted these songs by this band (I know I've posted at least 1 song by them). There is an electronic component to some of their music as well so it's not really 'classical' in a traditional sense, but I've always found their music interesting to listen to, and unique!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-dWXxs-z4A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gKbN7OC52A[/youtube]

It's Daft Punk...and it's from Tron, but it's still quite beautiful. I have most of Daft Punk's music, but I had no idea they were capable of composing more classical music like this until I found out they had done the soundtrack.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFIXKXYfEy0[/youtube]

I think I'll follow up the music from the hit new movie "Tron Legacy" with a bit of Vivaldi:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP7b3wgP9YM[/youtube]

And one more (that hopefully hasn't been posted already lol): Beethoven's String Quartet no. 14 C# Minor VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgsZx9kHvU4[/youtube]

I posted that a while back, but it's certainly a welcome addition . Schubert said upon hearing Beethoven's 14th quartet, "After this, what is left to write?"

Doh! That's what I get for being absent from the thread for too many pages. lol

Julia Fischer playing Vivaldi--an outdoor performance with summer ambience

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaw_EXHpgXw[/youtube]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckU2-alNLj0[/youtube]

Jan Swafford's new biography of Beethoven is now available.

New York Times Sunday Book Review of Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/books ... fford.html