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'''Maria de Alvear''' (born 1960 in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]) is a Spanish-German composer living in [[Germany]] who was born to a Spanish father and German mother. She studied with [[Mauricio Kagel]] at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln]], completing a course in new music theatre in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mariadealvear.com/|title=Maria de Alvear I Composer|website=Maria de Alvear I Composer}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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*[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/17/arts/now-now-just-swallow-the-medicine-please.html?pagewanted=1 New York Times review by Bernard Holland of Maria de Alvear's ''World'' (May 17, 1997), accessed 8 February 2010] |
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'''Maria de Alvear''' (born 1960 in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]) is a Spanish-German composer living in [[Germany]]. |
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==Musical style== |
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Her music is highly unusual, especially for a European composer, in both notation and effect. In many of her scores she writes only noteheads, with no rhythms, and her work is remarkable for its relentless repeating notes and chords. |
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Several of de Alvear's works are written for her own voice with orchestral accompaniment, and she speaks in a kind of free [[sprechstimme]], in four languages, often about frank sexual issues; two of these works, more than half an hour long, are titled ''Sexo'' and ''Vagina''. She tends toward long one-movement works, including a piano concerto entitled ''World'', which includes a large percussion section and a second piano in the orchestra tuned a [[quarter-tone]] off. For some of her pieces she surrounds the stage with salt, stones, branches, leaves, or clothing to create a feeling of ritual. Because of her music's unconventionality she has run into (and frequently overcome) considerable resistance from the European contemporary music establishment, and has premiered several of her pieces in the [[United States]]. Yet despite the heavy intensity of her music, and its often spectacular subject matter, her music is deeply spiritual and concerned with healing. |
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De Alvear was a student of [[Mauricio Kagel]] in [[Cologne]]. In search of the authentic wellsprings of music, and to counteract the egoistic tendencies of a European culture, de Alvear regularly spends time among the indigenous peoples of America and Russia, including the [[Cherokee]] and [[Tuscarora (tribe)|Tuscarora]] Indians and the [[Nenets people]] of northern [[Siberia]]. Her compositions de Alvear performs as artist and singer together with other interprets, e.g. with the Drums off Chaos ([[Jaki Liebezeit]], [[Manos Tsangaris]]) or with the percussionist [[Robyn Schulkowsky]]. Her compositions have been enacted in Germany, in Switzerland, Spain, Italy and Scandinavia as well as in USA, for instance at the [[Venice Biennale|Biennale di Venezia]], the Donaueschinger Musiktage or the festival [[Frau musica nova|Frau Musica (nova)]] in Cologne. Her installations have been part of diverse exhibitions. With the assistance of her sister Ana de Alvear, a visual artist, she runs a company called World Edition to produce books and CDs by herself and the individuals from indigenous tribes whom she considers her spiritual advisers. |
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== External links == |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050517182712/http://mariadealvear.com/index.htm Maria de Alvear's web site] |
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* [http://www.world-edition.com Maria de Alvear's CDs] |
* [http://www.world-edition.com Maria de Alvear's CDs] |
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* [http://www.kalvos.org/dealvea.html Maria del Alvear on Kalvos.org] |
* [http://www.kalvos.org/dealvea.html Maria del Alvear on Kalvos.org] |
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Maria de Alvear (born 1960 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish-German composer living in Germany who was born to a Spanish father and German mother. She studied with Mauricio Kagel at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, completing a course in new music theatre in 1986.[1]
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