Philip Corner
Philip Corner | |
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Born | April 10, 1933 |
Genres | Anthology of Recorded Music |
Philip Lionel Corner (born April 10, 1933; name sometimes given as Phil Corner) is an American composer,
Biography
After
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Works
Corner became interested in
Representative works include the ensemble pieces Passionate Expanse of the Law, Sang-teh/Situations and Through the Mysterious Barricade, among many others. Also in his incredibly large oeuvre are piano pieces (perfect, Pictures of Pictures from Pictures of Pictures), choral works (Peace, be still), electronic music (the war cantata Oracle), and more than 400 works in the Gamelan series, to mention only some of his catalogue. He divides his output into five periods, each one reflective of his attitudes at the time:
- Culture, 1950s
- The World, 1960s and 1970s
- Mind, 1970s and 1980s
- Body, 1980s and 1990s
- Spirit; Soul, 1999–present
Frog Peak Music, a Composer's Collective, has undertaken to make as much as possible of his opera omnia available by on-order photocopy publication.
Non-musical activities
In addition to his work as a composer and musician, he has created numerous assemblages, calligraphy, collages, drawings, and paintings, many of which have been exhibited internationally. He has also written much poetry, which like some of his music, has occasionally appeared under his Korean pseudonym Gwan Pok, meaning "Contemplating Waterfall".In the late 1960s Corner's work was published in 0 to 9 magazine, an avant-garde journal which experimented with language and meaning-making. Editions in silk-screen have been brought out by the Archivio F. Conz, Verona, and Pari e Dispari Agency in Reggio Emilia, among others. Works are regularly exhibited in galleries, mostly in Europe, and are in notable museum collections. His principal gallery is UnimediaModern in Genova, whose director Caterina Gualco maintains a large collection. Other important collectors are Hermann Braun in Germany (deceased 2009) and Luigi Bonotto in Bassano who maintains an extensive documentation.
During "Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964" and for some of the following year, Corner was a civil rights volunteer and Freedom School teacher in Meridian, Miss. "Mark Levy Collection. Queens College/CUNY Rosenthal Library Civil Rights Archive." In 1968, Corner signed the "
Discography
- "Philp Corner - Omnyphony Concentrate For A Multicultural Mix" (2019). Setola di Maiale SM3860 CD
- "Philp Corner - Dedalus" (2019). Setola di Maiale SM3850 CD
- "Philp Corner - In The Apartment House" (2017). Setola di Maiale SM3380 CD
- "Philp Corner - Through Mysterious Exotic Barricades: Asian & African" (2016). Setola di Maiale SM3080 CD
- "Philp Corner and Rahayu Supanggah - Together in New York" (2015). Setola di Maiale SM2760 CD
- "Rocks Can Fall at Any Time" Moremars (lp, 2013), Performed by composer. Contributed artists: James Fulkerson, Phoebe Neville, recorded 1972, 1989, 1997, 1999.
- "Gong(cymbal)/Ear in the desert". Innova 227 (2009).
- Philip Corner: Extreme Positions (2007). New World Records 80659-2 (2 CDs). The Barton Workshop (James Fulkerson, director)
- 40 Years and One: Philip Corner Plays the Piano (2000). XI 125. Performed by composer, recorded 1998.
- Breath Chant" (1976). New Wilderness Audiographics 7701A. Performed by composer, recorded 1976.
- Metal Meditations"(1976). New Wilderness Audiographics 7701B. Performed by composer, recorded 1976.
- More from the Judson Years, early 60s, Volume Two Alga Marghen 056CD (includes "Everything Max Has," "Big Trombone," "Homage to Revere," "Punkt," "Passionate Expanse of the Law" and "Expressions in Parallel").
- More from the Judson Years, early 60s, Volume One Alga Marghen 055CD (includes "Passionate Expanse of the Law," "Air Effect," "OM Emerging," "As Pure to Begin," "Music, reserved until now," and "Composition with or without Beverly").
- Gong + Alga Marghen 042CD (includes "Metal Meditations with Listening Center," "Gong!" and "Pulse Polyphony").
- Three Pieces for Gamelan Ensemble Alga Marghen 034CD (includes "Gamelan," The Barcelona Cathedral" and "Belum").
- On Tape from the Judson Days Alga Marghen 019CD (includes "Lucinda's Pastime," Memories:Performances," "From Thaïs," "Oracle, a Cantata on Images of War," "Flares" and "Circus Tape").
- Word-Voices Alga Marghen 4 VOC SON 010 (lp – includes "Vox," "Vocalise" and "Air Effect").
- Metal Meditations Alga Marghen (lp).
in production as of 2009 are recordings from die Schachtel, Pogus, A Silent Place, Locust, and more from Alga Marghen.
Sources
- Fulkerson, James "Philip Corner – Extreme Positions". Liner notes. New World Records.
- Morrow, Charlie [2]
References
- ^ "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 New York Post
- Living Music. Charlie Morrow. SoHo Weekly News. Philip Corner's music grows out of a seriousness of purpose that seems, over and over again, to draw people deep into the events he creates. January 24, 1974. New York
Bibliography
- Gunnar Schmidt. Klavierzerstörungen in Kunst und Popkultur. Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2012. ISBN 978-3-496-01475-1.
- Walter Zimmerman. Desert Plants: Conversations with 23 American Musicians. Berlin: Beginner Press in cooperation with Mode Records, 2020 (originally published in 1976 by A.R.C., Vancouver). ISBN 9783981331967.
External links
- Archivio Conz
- Entry in The Living Composers Project, A listing arranged with the composer of most of his musical works, also with biographical data
- PHILIP CORNER: AN INTRODUCTION by Anton Lukoszevieze
- Suspended Bell Gives Concert by Tom Johnson, Originally published on December 9, 1974.
- ARTPOOL'S FLUXUS LIBRARY: Philip Corner Bibliography
- FLUX' is us! by Philip Corner, first published in the 2002 Fluxus Constellation catalogue
- Frog Peak Artists: Philip Corner
- Forced Exposure Artists: Philip Corner
- Philip Corner at Arcane Candy
- Philip Corner at le son du grisli
- Philip Corner at moremars