Foreignizing Mahler: Uri Caine’s Mahler Project As Intertraditional Musical Translation
Description:
The customary way to create jazz arrangements of the Western classical canon—informally called swingin’-the-classics—adapts the original composition to jazz conventions. Uri Caine (b.1956) has devised an alternative approach, most notably in his work with compositions by Gustav Mahler. He refracts Mahler’s compositions through an eclectic array of musical performance styles while also eschewing the use of traditional jazz structures in favor of stricter adherence to formal ideas in the original…
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Date:
August 2015
Creator:
Ritchie, J. Cole