Strumming Music REPOST

Charlemagne Palestine - Strumming Music

This was originally posted on the old version of this blog three years ago and also posted again on this version of the blog after I created this version of the blog to obtain the capabilities of the new Blogger engine. There are people who have asked for a reposting of this piano drone classic so here it is.

Originally released on LP in 1974; reissued on CD in 1995

From the back cover:

Charlemagne Palestine was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1945. His formal education includes music and art in high school, Mannes College of Music, The New School for Social Research and New York University. From 1964-1970 he was carillonneur at Saint Thomas Church, NYC. He was composer in residence at New York University and has taught at California Institute of the Arts and Nova Scotia College of Art. His works have been performed all over the United States, Canada and Europe. Apart from his music he is also known for his body art, video and purely visual works.

Strumming Music is a work developed over the past five years utilizing a note alteration technique with the sustain pedal of the piano constantly depressed. This technique allows the undampened strings to resonate and compound with each other creating complex mixtures of pure strummed sonority and their overtones. No electronics or special tunings are utilized; only the finest instrument available today, the Rolls Royce of pianos, "Bosendorfer" of Vienna, all of Mr. Palestine's piano works have been composed especially for this marvelous instrument.
Tracklisting:

1. Strumming Music {52:13}

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