Richard Maxfield (1927-1969)
Richard
Maxfield was a composer of instrumental, electro-acoustic, and
electronic music. Born in Seattle, he most likely taught the first
University-level course in electronic music in America at the New
School for Social Research. As a student at Berkeley and in Europe in
the 1950's, he composed instrumental scores in a Neo-Classical style
and then adopting 12-tone techniques, eventually studying at Princeton
University with Milton Babbitt.COMPOSITIONS Maxfield Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Suite, orchestra (1945)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1947)
Piano Sonata No. 2 (1948/49)
Piano Sonata No. 3 (1950)
Sonata No. 2, clarinet and piano (1951)
String Trio (1951)
Symphony, string orchestra (1951)
Structures, 10 winds (1954)
Composition, violin and piano (1955)
Composition, clarinet and piano (1956)
Variations, string quartet (1956)
A Swarm of Butterflies Encountered on the Ocean, tape (1958)
Five Movements, orchestra (1959)
Cough Music, tape (1959)
Cunamble, tape (1959)
Pastoral Symphony, tape (1959)
White Noise Piece, tape (1959)
Peripateia, saxophone, violin and tape (1960)
Perspectives, violin and tape (1960)
Amazing Grace, tape (1960)
Fermentation, tape (1960)
Night Music, tape (1960)
Stacked Deck, opera, voices and tape (1960-61) [text: D. Higgins]
Clarinet Music, 5 clarinets and 5 tapes (1961)
Dromenon, dance, lighting, flute, saxophone, piano, vibraphone, violin, double bass and tape (1961)
Perspectives II for La Monte Young, violin, unspecified string and tape (1961)
Piano Concert for David Tudor, piano and tape (1961)
Dishes, tape (1961)
Radio, tape (1961)
Steam, tape (1961)
Toy Symphony, flute, violin, toys, wooden boxes, ceramic vase and tape (1962)
Wind, saxophone and tape (1962)
Bacchanale, tape (1963)
Bhagavad Gita Symphony, tape (1963)
Garden Music, tape (1963)
Electric Symphony, tape (1964)
Bacchanale II, tape (1966)
Dream, tape (1967)
Venus Impulses, tape (1967)
WORKS BY GENRE Maxfield Links ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Stacked Deck, opera, voices and tape (1960-61) [text: D. Higgins]
Dromenon, dance, lighting, flute, saxophone, piano, vibraphone, violin, double bass and tape (1961)
Orchestra
Suite, orchestra (1945)
Symphony, string orchestra (1951)
Five Movements, orchestra (1959)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra or Tape
Piano Concert for David Tudor, piano and tape (1961)
Chamber
String Trio (1951)
Structures, 10 winds (1954)
Variations, string quartet (1956)
Peripateia, saxophone, violin and tape (1960)
Clarinet Music, 5 clarinets and 5 tapes (1961)
Dromenon, dance, lighting, flute, saxophone, piano, vibraphone, violin, double bass and tape (1961)
Perspectives II for La Monte Young, violin, unspecified string and tape (1961)
Toy Symphony, flute, violin, toys, wooden boxes, ceramic vase and tape (1962)
Solo Instrument
Sonata No. 2, clarinet and piano (1951)
Composition, violin and piano (1955)
Composition, clarinet and piano (1956)
Perspectives, violin and tape (1960)
Wind, saxophone and tape (1962)
Piano
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1947)
Piano Sonata No. 2 (1948/49)
Piano Sonata No. 3 (1950)
Electronic
A Swarm of Butterflies Encountered on the Ocean, tape (1958)
Cough Music, tape (1959)
Cunamble, tape (1959?)
Pastoral Symphony, tape (1959)
White Noise Piece, tape (1959)
Peripateia, saxophone, violin and tape (1960)
Perspectives, violin and tape (1960)
Amazing Grace, tape (1960)
Fermentation, tape (1960)
Night Music, tape (1960)
Stacked Deck, opera, voices and tape (1960-61) [text: D. Higgins]
Clarinet Music, 5 clarinets and 5 tapes (1961)
Dromenon, dance, lighting, flute, saxophone, piano, vibraphone, violin, double bass and tape (1961)
Perspectives II for La Monte Young, violin, unspecified string and tape (1961)
Piano Concert for David Tudor, piano and tape (1961)
Dishes, tape (1961)
Radio, tape (1961)
Steam, tape (1961)
Toy Symphony, flute, violin, toys, wooden boxes, ceramic vase and tape (1962)
Wind, saxophone and tape (1962)
Bacchanale, tape (1963)
Bhagavad Gita Symphony, tape (1963)
Garden Music, tape (1963)
Electric Symphony, tape (1964)
Bacchanale II, tape (1966)
Dream, tape (1967)
Venus Impulses, tape (1967)
MAXFIELD LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Electric Richard Maxfield (Charles Amirkhanian, Internet Archive/RadiOM)
The Story of Richard Maxfield (Diane Wakoski, Jstor.org)
Composer website [none at the moment] . . . inquire about Richard Maxfield:
Maxfield @ Wikipedia
Maxfield @ allmusic
Maxfield @ All Music Guide to Electronica (Vladimir Bogdanov, Backbeat Books, books.google.com)
Maxfield @ Another World of Sound also here
Maxfield @ Answers.com
Maxfield @ CEC
Maxfield @ Classical Net
Maxfield @ ClassicsToday
Maxfield @ Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music (Elliott Schwartz, et al, Da Capo/books.google.com)
Maxfield @ diagonal thoughts
Maxfield @ Facebook
Maxfield @ MELA Foundation
Maxfield @ Mimaroglu Music Sales
Maxfield @ Music Ontology
Maxfield @ New World Records
Maxfield @ The New York Times
Publisher
Maxfield's tapes are in the La Mome Young Archives of the Dia Art Foundation, New York
Streaming Audio
Maxfield @ diagonal thoughts
Maxfield @ 14tracks.com
Maxfield @ Internet Archive
Maxfield @ Internet Archive/RadiOM
Maxfield @ last.fm
Maxfield @ RadiOM
Maxfield @ Rhapsody
Recordings
Maxfield @ ArkivMusic
Maxfield @ Discogs
Maxfield @ New World Records
Video
Maxfield @ YouTube
Maxfield @ Google Video
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