Bela Bartok as Proto-Bio Artist, (Iannis Zannos)
1.1 20th century composers: Dates
1.1.1 Bartok's Generation (1870-1900)
- 1.1.1.1 Arnold Schönberg (13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951)
- 1.1.1.2 Bela Bartok 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945
Béla Viktor János Bartók (/ˈbeɪlə ˈbɑːrtɒk/; Hungarian: [ˈbɒrtoːk ˈbeːlɒ]; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became known as ethnomusicology.
- 1.1.1.3 Igor Stravinsky (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971)
- 1.1.1.4 Olivier Messiaen (né le 10 décembre 1908 à Avignon (Vaucluse) et mort le 27 avril 1992)
1.1.2 Next Generation (influenced by Bartok)
Compatriots:
- 1.1.2.1 Györgi Ligeti (28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006)
- 1.1.2.2 Iannis Xenakis (29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001)
1.2 Fibonacci (Hemachandra) Numbers and the Golden Section
1.2.1 Historical precursors in India
- 1.2.1.1 Acharya *Pingala* (c. 3rd–2nd century BCE)
- 1.2.1.2 Virahanka (ca 6-8th century AD)
- 1.2.1.3 Hemachandra (1050)
1.2.2 Introduction to Europe: Leonardo Fibonacci (2003)
In: Liber Abaci, 1203 AD
1.3 Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Béla Bartók / Vasily Petrenko / Oslo Philharmonic
1.4 More details and Bela Bartok Music examples:
1.4.1 String Quartet Number 2
II. Allegro molto capriccioso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEXhmqWvKgs&list=PLaK7FcaVcs_wzQoa9ybz7QCAPRcunZfPR&index=5&ab_channel=Tak%C3%A1csQuartet-Topic
1.4.2 String Quartet No 4, played by Takacs Quartet (Composed 1928)
II. Prestissimo, con sordino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ga15wRGYGk&list=PLaK7FcaVcs_wzQoa9ybz7QCAPRcunZfPR&index=11&ab_channel=Tak%C3%A1csQuartet-Topic
III. Non troppo lento https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP74FhypOB0&list=PLaK7FcaVcs_wzQoa9ybz7QCAPRcunZfPR&index=12&ab_channel=Tak%C3%A1csQuartet-Topic
IV. Allegretto pizzicato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InwUCs3htBg&list=PLaK7FcaVcs_wzQoa9ybz7QCAPRcunZfPR&index=13&ab_channel=Tak%C3%A1csQuartet-Topic
V. Allegro molto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcJxDfrPDns&list=PLaK7FcaVcs_wzQoa9ybz7QCAPRcunZfPR&index=14&ab_channel=Tak%C3%A1csQuartet-Topic
1.4.3 Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- Béla Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QElT9KD4uX8
- Performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Fritz Reiner
With score.
- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Béla Bartók / Vasily
Petrenko / Oslo Philharmonic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EsNGS9vYe8&ab_channel=OsloPhilharmonic
1.4.4 Piano Suite "Out of Doors", Movement 4, "The Night's Music"
Bela Bartok - Out of Doors, Sz. 81 (Seong-Jin Cho) (1926) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HePh-vTNK8o&t=409s
Iannis Zannos
Iannis Zannos has a background in music composition, ethnomusicology and interactive performance. He has worked as Director of the Music Technology and Documentation section at the State Institute for Music Research (S.I.M.) in Berlin, Germany, and Research Director at the Center for Research for Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He teaches audio and interactive media arts at the Department of Audiovisual Arts of the Ionian University, Corfu.
Publications include: "Ichos und Makam" (1994) and "Music and Signs". Participation in artistic collaborations include with Martin Carlé (2000) programming of interactive sound for Eric Sleichim / Bl!ndman Quartet, and Ulrike and David Gabriel; Cosmos-X - Multimedia installation with multiple audio and video projections based on the work of Iannis Xenakis, with Efi Xirou (2005-2006); and with Jean-Pierre Hébert real-time sound programming for the installation series on "Sand" (2004-2005). Recently he has performed regularly using live coding techniques with SuperCollider in national and international conferences and festivals. Further collaborations and project include collaborations Jean-Pierre Hébert (2007-2011), Iannis Chrysides, 2014, and presentations at Athens Biennale (2016). Since 2018 he focusses on telematic dance performance with a series of works between Greece, Japan and other countries, and collaborations with Haruka Hirayama and Takumi Ikeda.