{"id":588,"date":"2014-11-09T19:31:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T00:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/szswp\/?p=588"},"modified":"2014-11-09T19:31:56","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T00:31:56","slug":"donald-martino-soliloquy-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/donald-martino-soliloquy-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Martino &#8211; Soliloquy (2004)"},"content":{"rendered":"<b>Donald Martino &#8211;\u00a0<i>Soliloquy\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(2004)<i><\/i><b><i><br \/><\/i><\/b>Live performance, Boston University, April 2011<br \/><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tkCgTRVpLbs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><p><br \/>Donald Martino is well known as a 12-tone composer, but he also had firm footing in the world of Jazz, as is evidenced by many Jazz-influenced compositions throughout his career.\u00a0<i>Soliloquy<\/i>\u00a0for solo vibraphone is one such piece, although here the Jazz is significantly clouded by other elements in the composition. From the first note, the vibraphone itself exudes Jazz through its sound and historical associations; later the playful figuration is suggestive of the charismatic noodling and swooning of an alto saxophonist heard through a smoked-filled bar room. The tone here is much more formal, however, due both to the rigor of the pitch constructions and the sophistication with which Martino develops this character. A &#8220;soliloquy&#8221;, in theater, is a character&#8217;s opportunity to express the thoughts running through his or her mind &#8212; a speech to oneself. This character&#8217;s conflict is expressed by a constant shifting between rhythmic music and music played a piacere. Though spoken through a 12-tone voice, the arguments on both sides of the debate retain the charm of a Jazz improviser.\u00a0<br \/>-Samuel Solomon<br \/><br \/>Learn more about Don Martino at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dantalian.com\/donald_martino_bio_picture.htm\" target=\"new\">www.dantalian.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Martino &#8211;\u00a0Soliloquy\u00a0(2004)Live performance, Boston University, April 2011Donald Martino is well known as a 12-tone composer, but he also had firm footing in the world of Jazz, as is evidenced by many Jazz-influenced compositions throughout his career.\u00a0Soliloquy\u00a0for solo vibraphone is one such piece, although here the Jazz is significantly clouded by other elements in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11,17],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qnlH-9u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":619,"url":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/ryan-streber-cold-pastoral\/","url_meta":{"origin":588,"position":0},"title":"Ryan Streber &#8211; Cold Pastoral","author":"Samuel Z Solomon","date":"November 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Ryan Streber - Cold Pastoral (2004)\u00a0Commissioned and premiered by Line C3\u00a0on May 8, 2004 at Sun Azalea Hall in Tokyo, Japan.Cold Pastoral\u00a0was composed in the winter and spring of 2004 for Line C3 and is scored for crotales, vibraphone, and a small battery of un-pitched instruments. 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