Peter Garland (composer)

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Not to be confused with David Garland (musician).

Peter Garland (born January 25, 1952, in Portland, Maine) is a composer, writer and publisher of Soundings Press.[1]

A student of

post-minimal although many of his postminimal works such as "The Days Run Away" (1971) were written in the early 1970s at the same time as the first minimalist works. He is also an expert on Native American music, and on the music of Silvestre Revueltas. He is the author of Gone Walkabout: Essays 1991-. Garland started his Soundings Press series in 1971 after attending a publishing workshop with Dick Higgins
at CalArts.

Discography

Compilations

  • "The Three Strange Angels" (1973), included on Cold Blue (1984, Cold Blue, CD release 2002)
  • "Apple Blossom" included on Persistence of Past Chemistries (2000, The Orchard)
  • "Dancing on Water" included on Dancing on Water (2001, Cold Blue)
  • "Matachin Dances" (1982), included on The Complete Ten-Inch Collection from Cold Blue (2003, Cold Blue)
  • "Nights in the Gardens of Maine" included on "Cold Blue Two" (2012, Cold Blue)

Other recordings of compositions by Garland

  • Ensemble Bash – Launch (1996, Sony): "Apple Blossom" (1972)
  • William Winant, Roy Malan, Carla Kihlstedt a.o. – Peter Garland: Love Songs (Tzadik, 2005): "Matachin Dances", "Coyote's Bones (Last Piece)", "Love Songs"

References

  1. ^ Garland, Peter. "A Preliminary Inventory of His Papers and Soundings Records in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Center". Harry Ransom Center. Harry Ransom Center. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ Garland, Peter. "String Quartets". Cold Blue Music. Cold Blue Music. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ Garland, Peter. "Three Dawns and Bush Radio Calling". Cold Blue Music. Cold Blue Music. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. ^ Garland, Peter. "The Basketweave Elegies". Cold Blue Music. Cold Blue Music. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

External links

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