Benjamin Boretz is a twentieth- and twenty-first-century music theorist and composer. A graduate of Princeton University, he is author of many articles and texts. Perhaps his most lasting influence has stemmed from his book Meta-Variations.
BenjaminBoretz is a twentieth- and twenty-first-century American music theorist and composer.
Boretz is a co-founder, with Arthur Berger, of the scholarly music journal Perspectives of New Music and, in 1999, issued the first edition of the Open Space Magazine.
Boretz taught music chiefly at Bard College, in New York, U.S., and was music critic for The Nation from 1962-68.
Boretz's narrative spoken/sung work (at one point, with a solo piano segment, played by Sarah Rothenberg), extends over two CDs, exploring the boundaries between language and music.
And an improvisation ensemble with Elaine Barkin, BenjaminBoretz, Lindsay clare, David Jones, Jay Keister, Grace M, and Ben Thigpen; alice Macgonigal (flute), Louise MacGillivray (French horn), Marcy Dicterow-Vaj (violin), Lynn Lusher Grants (viola), Erika Duke Kirkpatrick (cello), and Daniel Kessner (conductor).
Boretz's 'Black / Noise I' (1998), computer-processed piano, is an extrene extension of prepared piano with remarkable sounds.
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