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King of Denmark

from Eos by Patti cudd

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    I have long explored the world of percussion through touch, revealing marvelous and hidden sound worlds in simple objects. This collection shows my lifelong passion of bringing such new works to light.  A number of these pieces have lived with me since my graduate days, others are recent commissions, but all have expanded my musical horizons in extraordinary ways.  Now by extending the world of physical percussion with virtual computer objects and processes, I am excited to enter new sonic and mental territories in the company of these many remarkable composers.
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In many ways, The King of Denmark (Morton Feldman, 1964) is an anti-percussion piece. It is to be played very softly using only the hand and fingers - no sticks or mallets. Its notation on a graph indicates how many sounds are to be played per beat and whether they are t (1o be in high, medium, or low registers. Even though a tempo runs throughout, no rhythmic coherence emerges. Sounds simply float out, detached and weightless. One instrument has no more sonic gravity than another does. These illusions come from Feldman's love of the pulsating but rhythmically directionless canvases of Mark Rothko and other American Abstract Expressionists. Directionlessness is key here. The King of Denmark is music that refuses to dictate the way it should be perceived. It simply floats in timeless ether to be looked at from any angle, any proximity, any point of view.
The following program note was written to accompany the concert series "Three Nights of Percussion" given in New York in 1998 by Steven Schick

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from Eos, released January 28, 2021
Executive Producer: Brett Reed
Producer: Brett Reed and Patti Cudd
Engineering and mastering: Brett Reed and Chris Jacobs
Recorded at: Erickson Recording Studio, University of California
Year piece was recorded: 1997
www.universaledition.com/Morton-Feldman/composers-and-works/composer/220

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Patti Cudd Saint Paul, Minnesota

Dr. Patti Cudd is active as a percussion soloist, chamber musician and educator.

As a champion of the music of the 21st century, she has given concerts and master classes throughout North America, Asia, Europe and South America.

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