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Earle Brown (December 26 , 1926 – July 2, 2002) was a prominent American composer known for his innovations in contemporary classical music. Brown is often associated with the New York School of composers, which included John Cage, Morton Feldman, and others. He was a pioneer in using graphic notation and open forms, which allowed for greater improvisation and flexibility in musical performance.
Brown was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and began his musical studies at the age of ten. He went on to study composition with Walter Piston at Harvard University and later with Luigi Dallapiccola in Italy. He was also a member of the armed forces during World War II and the Korean War.
Brown's early compositions were influenced by serialism and other contemporary musical styles, but he began to experiment with graphic notation in the 1950s. This approach allowed for greater collaboration between performers and composers, and was seen as a departure from the traditional rules and conventions of classical music notation.
Throughout his career, Brown collaborated with a number of notable musicians and artists, including John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Robert Rauschenberg. He also served as the director of the Center for Contemporary Music at the California Institute of the Arts in the early 1970s.
Brown passed away in 2002, but his music continues to be studied and performed by musicians around the world.
Compositions featuring Earle Brown
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tracking Pierrot for flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone & marimba | 17:39 min | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| 2 | Windsor Jambs for voice, flute, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano/celeste & percussion | 22:30 min | Vocal Music | 1980 |
| 3 | Centering for violin solo, flute, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello & piano | 20:27 min | Chamber Music | 1973 |
| 4 | Event-Synergy II for 2 ensembles | 11:12 min | Orchestral | 1967 |
| 5 | Event: Synergy II, Version 2 | 7:57 min | Orchestral | 1967 |
| 6 | String Quartet | 11:49 min | Chamber Music | 1965 |
| 7 | Nine Rare Bits, for 2 harpsichords | 5:06 min | Keyboard | 1965 |
| 8 | Times Five, for flute, trombone, harp, violin, cello & tape | 15:07 min | Chamber Music | 1963 |
| 9 | Novara, for piano & ensemble | 13:08 min | Chamber Music | 1962 |
| 10 | Available Forms I for 18 instruments | 14:08 min | Chamber Music | 1961 |
| 11 | Hodograph 1, Version 2 | 2:50 min | Orchestral | 1959 |
| 12 | Hodograph 1, Version 1 | 3:27 min | Orchestral | 1959 |
| 13 | Music for Cello & Piano | 9:02 min | Chamber Music | 1954 |
| 14 | Four Systems | 6:09 min | Keyboard | 1954 |
| 15 | Forgotten Piece | 6:46 min | Keyboard | 1954 |
| 16 | Octet No. 1, for 8 tapes | 3:29 min | Electronic/Computer Music | 1953 |
| 17 | 25 Pages for any number of pianists up to 25 | 17:07 min | Keyboard | 1953 |
| 18 | Folio, for piano & electronics | 16:55 min | Electronic/Computer Music | 1952 |
| 19 | Perspectives | 3:28 min | Keyboard | 1952 |
| 20 | Folio for unspecified ensembles | Chamber Music | 1952 | |
| 21 | December 1952, for piano | 5:16 min | Keyboard | 1952 |
| 22 | Music for violin, cello & piano | 3:08 min | Chamber Music | 1952 |
| 23 | Music for Violin, Cello & Piano | 5:17 min | Chamber Music | 1952 |
| 24 | Pieces (3) For Piano | Keyboard | 1951 | |
| 25 | Home Burial, for piano | 4:23 min | Keyboard | 1949 |
| 26 | March 1953 (MM 135), for piano | 0:36 min | Keyboard | - |
| 27 | March 1953 (MM 87), for various instruments & electronics | 8:39 min | Electronic/Computer Music | - |
| 28 | June 1953, for laptop electronics & piano | 4:18 min | Electronic/Computer Music | - |
| 29 | Four Systems 1954, for trumpet & effects | 2:32 min | Avant-Garde Music | - |
| 30 | November 1952, for piano | 4:05 min | Keyboard | - |
| 31 | November 1952, for prepared acoustic guitar, ring modulator, computer & synthi 'A' | 8:15 min | Electronic/Computer Music | - |
| 32 | Four Systems 1954, for tenor saxophone, electric guitars & drum sets | 3:11 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 33 | October 1952 / March 1953 (MM 87 & 135), for piano | 2:18 min | Keyboard | - |
| 34 | Folio II | 6:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 35 | December 1952, for voice | 5:24 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 36 | December 1952, for electronics | 5:00 min | Electronic/Computer Music | - |
| 37 | Summer Suite '95 | 24:21 min | Keyboard | - |
| 38 | Synergy, for cello & tape | 4:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 39 | Corroboree for 3 or 2 pianos | 12:12 min | Keyboard | - |
| 40 | Coccoboree, for piano | 11:02 min | Keyboard | - |
| 41 | 1953, for violin & piano | 3:56 min | Chamber Music | - |
Albums featuring Earle Brown
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Gentle Fire Plays Earle Brown, John Cage, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Christian Wolff – Explorations (1970 - 1973)(3×CD, Numbered, Repress) | 2021 | Paradigm Discs |
| 2 |  |
Morton Feldman, Will Ogdon, Earle Brown, Pauline Oliveros, Warren Burt, Robert Carl, The Astra Choir • John McCaughey – "We, Like Salangan Swallows..." (A Choral Gallery Of Morton Feldman And Contemporaries)(CD, Album) | 2018 | New World Records |
| 3 |  |
Earle Brown - Gianni Lenoci – Selected Works For Piano And/Or Sound-Producing Media(CD, ) | 2018 | Amirani Records |
| 4 |  |
Noël Akchoté, Earle Brown – Music Essays (Arranged For Guitar)(6×File, MP3, EP) | 2016 | Noël Akchoté Downloads |
| 5 |  |
Earle Brown - Sabine Liebner – Abstract Sound Objects(CD, ) | 2012 | WERGO |
| 6 |  |
Chamber Works in Surround Sound(DVD, DVD-Video) | 2007 | Mode |
| 7 |  |
Tracer | 2007 | Mode |
| 8 |  |
Folio And Four Systems(CD, Album) | 2006 | Tzadik |
| 9 |  |
Steffen Schleiermacher - Kagel, Stockhausen, Pousseur, Lachenmann, Brown – Piano Music Of The Darmstadt School Vol. 2(CD, Album) | 2004 | MDG |
| 10 |  |
Earle Brown - Dal Niente Projects – Chamber Music(CD, Album) | 2003 | Matchless Recordings |
| 11 |  |
Collected Early Works | 2000 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 12 |  |
Earle Brown, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players – Centering - The Music Of Earle Brown(CD, Album) | 1998 | Newport Classic |
| 13 |  |
Music For Large Orchestra And Chamber Orchestra(CD, ) | 1997 | Not On Label (Earle Brown Self-released) |
| 14 |  |
Earle Brown - Steffen Schleiermacher – Twenty-five Pages(CD, Album) | 1997 | Wergo |
| 15 |  |
Earle Brown - David Arden – Music For Piano(s) 1951-1995(CD, Album) | 1996 | New Albion |
| 16 |  |
Earle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff - Eberhard Blum, Art Lange, Jan Williams – The New York School 3(CD, Album) | 1995 | hat ART |
| 17 |  |
Earle Brown / Ensemble Avantgarde – Synergy | 1995 | hat ART |
| 18 |  |
Earle Brown - Eberhard Blum – Four Systems(CD, Album) | 1994 | hat ART |
| 19 |  |
Earle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff - Eberhard Blum, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jan Williams – The New York School 2(CD, Album) | 1994 | hat ART |
| 20 |  |
Earle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff - Eberhard Blum, Frances-Marie Uitti, Nils Vigeland – The New York School(CD, Album) | 1992 | hat ART |
| 21 |  |
George Crumb / Earle Brown - Piano Duo Degenhardt-Kent – New Music For 1, 2 & 3 Pianos(CD, Album) | 1991 | Mode |
| 22 |  |
Mario Bertoncini · Earle Brown · John Cage – Cifre · Four Systems · Cartridge Music(LP) | 1989 | Edition RZ |
| 23 |  |
Siegfried Palm, Aloys Kontarsky - Webern, Xenakis, Kagel, Zimmermann, Penderecki, Brown, Yun – Zeitgenössische Cellomusik | 1975 | Orbis (2) |
| 24 |  |
Music By Earle Brown(LP) | 1974 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 25 |  |
Gentle Fire, Earle Brown, John Cage, Christian Wolff – 4 Systems, Music For Amplified Toy Pianos, Music For Carillon, Edges | 1974 | EMI Electrola |
| 26 |  |
Stockhausen / Brown / Penderecki / Pousseur / Ramati / Maderna / Nono / Fukushima / Berio / Lehmann - Severino Gazzelloni / Lothar Faber / Frederick Rzewski / Solisti Dell'Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma – La Musica Nuova | 1973 | RCA Italiana |
| 27 |  |
Pierre Boulez / Giacinto Scelsi / Earle Brown – New Music For String Quartet(LP, Album, Promo) | 1972 | Mainstream Records |
| 28 |  |
Iannis Xenakis, Roger Reynolds, Yuji Takahashi, Earle Brown - Yuji Takahashi – New Music For Piano(s) | 1970 | Mainstream Records |
| 29 |  |
György Ligeti / Earle Brown / Wolf Rosenberg - LaSalle-Quartett – II. Streichquartett / String Quartet / III.Streichquartett | 1970 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 30 |  |
Karlheinz Stockhausen / Krzysztof Penderecki / Earle Brown / Henri Pousseur, Rome Symphony Orchestra / Bruno Maderna – The New Music | 1967 | RCA Victrola |
| 31 |  |
Isang Yun, Earle Brown – Shao Yang Yin / Nine Rare Bits(7", 33 ⅓ RPM) | 1967 | WERGO |
| 32 |  |
Morton Feldman / Earle Brown – Morton Feldman / Earle Brown | 1962 | Time Records (3) |
| 33 |  |
Antoinette Vischer - Berio / Blacher / Brown / Ellington / Engelmann / Libermann / Martinů ,/ Solal / Tscherepnin – Le Clavecin Moderne(LP, Album) | - | WERGO |
| 34 |  |
Earle Brown, Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt – December 1952, Concert & Rehearsal(2×File, MP3) | - | UbuWeb |
Videos featuring Earle Brown
The New York School 2 — / ÁLBUM COMPLETO - ( 1994 )
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Folio II (Version1) : I (1970) / II (15 August 1991) / III (Berlin, 6 June 1993)
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Folio II (Version1) : I (1970) / II (15 August 1991) / III (Berlin, 6 June 1993) · Earle Brown · Eberhard Blum
Four Systems
℗ 1994 HAT HUT RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 2015-02-02
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Tracking Pierrot
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Tracking Pierrot · Earle Brown · Ensemble Avantgarde
Earle Brown: Synergy
℗ 2010 Hat Hut Records Ltd.
Released on: 2014-07-24
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Govert Jurriaanse, flauto
Arthur Moore, trombone
Teresia Tieu, arpa
Jaring Walta, violino
Harro Ruijsenaars, violoncello and 4 channels of tape so
">Earle Brown: Times Five (1963)
Earle Brown (1926-2002): Times Five (1963). Commissioned by the "Service de la Recherche," O.R.T.F., Paris.
Govert Jurriaanse, flauto
Arthur Moore, trombone
Teresia Tieu, arpa
Jaring Walta, violino
Harro Ruijsenaars, violoncello and 4 channels of tape so
Event - Synergy II (1967/68) (Version 1)
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Event - Synergy II (1967/68) (Version 1) · Earle Brown · Ensemble Avantgarde
Earle Brown: Synergy
℗ 2010 Hat Hut Records Ltd.
Released on: 2014-07-24
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Morton Feldman - Durations 1-5
Morton Feldman Durations
1- For Alto Flute, Piano, Cello & Violin
2- For Piano & Cello 8:39
3- For Tuba, Violin & Piano 12:09
4- For Violin, Cello & Vibraphone 20:56
5- For Violin, Cello, Vibraphone, Celesta/Piano & Harp 24:48
The Turfan Ensemble
Pain
From Folio II (Begun 1970) : 1991 (Version I)
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From Folio II (Begun 1970) : 1991 (Version I) · Earle Brown · Eberhard Blum · Art Lange · Jan Williams
The New York School 3
℗ 1995 HAT HUT RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 2015-02-04
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Music For Violin, Cello & Piano
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Music For Violin, Cello & Piano · Earle Brown · David Soyer · David Tudor · Matthew Raimondi
Earle Brown: Selected Works 1952-1965
℗ 2006 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc.
Released on: 2006-01-01
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Windsor Jambs
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Windsor Jambs · Earle Brown · Ensemble Avantgarde
Earle Brown: Synergy
℗ 2010 Hat Hut Records Ltd.
Released on: 2014-07-24
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Event - Synergy II (1967/68) (Version 2)
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Event - Synergy II (1967/68) (Version 2) · Earle Brown · Ensemble Avantgarde
Earle Brown: Synergy
℗ 2010 Hat Hut Records Ltd.
Released on: 2014-07-24
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Folio II (Version 2) : III (Berlin, 6 June 1993) / II (15 August 1991) / I (1970)
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Folio II (Version 2) : III (Berlin, 6 June 1993) / II (15 August 1991) / I (1970) · Earle Brown · Eberhard Blum
Four Systems
℗ 1994 HAT HUT RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 2015-02-02
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Earle Brown: Octet I (1953)
Earle Brown (1926-2002): Octet I, for 8 loudspeakers (1953).
Cover image: painting by Jackson Pollock.
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Music for Cello & Piano - Earle Brown
'Music for Cello & Piano' by Earle Brown (1955)
Cello - Roxanna Albayati
Piano - Maria Nikitidou
Recorded September 2017
Four Systems (1954)
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Four Systems (1954) · Earle Brown · Eberhard Blum
Four Systems
℗ 1994 HAT HUT RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 2015-02-02
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Earle Brown: December 1952 (1952)
Earle Brown (1926-2002): December 1952, for one or more instruments and/or sound producing media (1952).
David Tudor, pianoforti sovraincisi.
Cover image: painting by Jackson Pollock.
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Earle Brown - Hodograph 1 (Version 2)
Hodograph 1, Version 2 (1959)
Eberhard Blum, flute
Jan Williams, percussion
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano, celesta
Art by Hilma af Klint
Earle Brown: Novara (1952)
Earle Brown (1926-2002): Novara, open-form work for ensemble (1952).
Ton Hartsuiker, pianoforte
Govert Jurriaanse, flauto
John Floore, tromba
Harry Sparnaay, clarinetto basso
Jaring Walta e Roelof van Driesten, violini
Gerrit Oldeman, viola
Harro Ruijsen
Webern: Cello Sonata (1914)
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Webern: Cello Sonata (1914) · Siegfried Palm · Aloys Kontarsky
Intercomunicazione - Cello Recital
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2002-01-01
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Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krzysztof Penderecki, Earle Brown, Henri Pousseur (1967) - The New Music
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Herma
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Herma · Yuji Takahashi
New Music for Pianos
℗ 2011 Mainstream Records
Released on: 2011-03-14
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Earle Brown - 4 Systems
Four Systems (1954)
Eberhard Blum, flute
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
This version of 4 Systems, from 1954, is performed not only on flutes (Eberhard Blum recorded an entire disc of this composition for overdubbed flutes for Hat Hut Records) but also f
Fantasy For Pianist
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Fantasy For Pianist · Yuji Takahashi
New Music for Pianos
℗ 2011 Mainstream Records
Released on: 2011-03-14
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For 1, 2, Or 3 People (1964)
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For 1, 2, Or 3 People (1964) · Christian Wolff · Frances-Marie Uitti · Eberhard Blum · Nils Vigeland
The New York School
℗ 1992 HAT HUT RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 2015-01-27
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Metathesis
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Metathesis · Yuji Takahashi
New Music for Pianos
℗ 2011 Mainstream Records
Released on: 2011-03-14
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Corroboree
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Corroboree · Yuji Takahashi
New Music for Pianos
℗ 2011 Mainstream Records
Released on: 2011-03-14
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Ligeti: String Quartet no.2 (1967-68) - I. Allegro nervoso
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Ligeti: String Quartet no.2 (1967-68) - I. Allegro nervoso · LaSalle Quartet
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto; Ramifications; String Quartet No.2; Aventures
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 1
Ligeti: String Quartet no.2 (1967-68) - II. Sostenuto, molto calmo
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Ligeti: String Quartet no.2 (1967-68) - II. Sostenuto, molto calmo · LaSalle Quartet
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto; Ramifications; String Quartet No.2; Aventures
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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Ligeti: String Quartet no.2 (1967-68) - III. Come un meccanismo di precisione
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Ligeti: String Quartet no.2 (1967-68) - III. Come un meccanismo di precisione · LaSalle Quartet
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto; Ramifications; String Quartet No.2; Aventures
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Ber
Ligeti: String Quartet no.2 (1967-68) - IV. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
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Ligeti: String Quartet no.2 (1967-68) - IV. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso · LaSalle Quartet
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto; Ramifications; String Quartet No.2; Aventures
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, B
Iannis Xenakis - Nomos Alpha (w/ score) (for solo cello) (1965)
Pierre Strauch
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Webern, Anton von - Three Little Pieces, Op 11
Work: Three Little Pieces (Drei Kleine Stücke), Op. 11
Composer: Webern, Anton von (December 3, 1883 — September 15, 1945)
Year(s) of composition: 1914
Year of first publication: 1924
Performer(s): Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud
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Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008) - Unguis Incarnatus est (1972)
TwoNewDuo - Ellen Fallowfield - Stephen Menotti - June 2014
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Penderecki: Capriccio per Siegfried Palm (1968)
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Penderecki: Capriccio per Siegfried Palm (1968) · Siegfried Palm
Intercomunicazione - Cello Recital
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2002-01-01
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Brown: Music for Cello and Piano (1955)
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Brown: Music for Cello and Piano (1955) · Siegfried Palm · Aloys Kontarsky
Intercomunicazione - Cello Recital
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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Isang Yun: Glissées (1970)
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Isang Yun: Glissées (1970) · Siegfried Palm
Intercomunicazione - Cello Recital
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2002-01-01
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Ligeti: String Quartet no.2 (1967-68) - V. Allegro con delicatezza - stets sehr mild
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Ligeti: String Quartet no.2 (1967-68) - V. Allegro con delicatezza - stets sehr mild · LaSalle Quartet
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto; Ramifications; String Quartet No.2; Aventures
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon Gm
Earle Brown – Noël Akchoté 06 – Planned Panichood – *Varians
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Earle Brown – Music Essays
(Arranged For Guitar) – Noël Akchoté – EAR-1 (Noël Akchoté Downloads, Album, MP3, Believe Digital, 2016).
Noël Akchoté : Acoustic Guitar
02 – 2 Pages From 25 Pages For Piano, Pa
Earle Brown – Noël Akchoté 02 – 2 Pages From 25
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Earle Brown – Music Essays
(Arranged For Guitar) – Noël Akchoté – EAR-1 (Noël Akchoté Downloads, Album, MP3, Believe Digital, 2016).
Noël Akchoté : Acoustic Guitar
02 – 2 Pages From 25 Pages For Piano, Pa
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