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Essay Galaxy - New York New Music Ensemble
The New York New Music Ensemble began with a bang,
literally. This ensemble has been around for twenty-three
years and it is considered to be �the raising standard� in
contemporary chamber music. On Thursday afternoon, I saw
the ensemble perform three pieces: Trio, Nutturno, and
Marxville Songbook. These three possess very similar tone
color and composition.
The ensemble�s first piece, Trio, was composed by Donald
Martino. This musician pursued his interest in music at a
very young age. By age fifteen, he did not only know how to
play various instruments, but he also started composing.
Martino excelled as a member of American Academy of Arts
and Letters and was rewarded scholarships. In 1974,
Martino�s classic sextet, Notturno, won him the Pulitzer
Prize in music.
In Notturno there are three large parts, which could be
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