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Michael Torke

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American composer Michael Torke (born September 22, 1961 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin), graduated from Wauwatosa East High School, studied at the Eastman School of Music with Joseph Schwantner and Christopher Rouse, and at Yale University, and writes music influenced by jazz and minimalism. Sometimes described as a post-minimalist, his most postminimal piece is Four Proverbs, in which the syllable for each pitch is fixed and variations in the melody produce streams of nonsense words.

Top songs

  1. Javelin
  2. Bright Blue Music
  3. Rapture: Drums and Woods (excerpt)
  4. Four Proverbs: 4. There is Joy
  5. Oracle
  6. Monday & Tuesday
  7. Last Friday
  8. Strawberry Fields: "But look. A group of peasants..."
  9. Last Month
  10. Ecstatic Orange
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  1. July
  2. Huahine - Under the Moonlight
  3. Adjustable Wrench
  4. Last Fall
  5. December
  6. Purple
  7. Ash
  8. Being, Pt. 1
  9. Fiji
  10. Green
  11. Blue Pacific
  12. Book of Proverbs: 1. Opening
  13. Last Spring
  14. Narthex
  15. Nave
  16. Stem 1
  17. Chalk
  18. Cornice
  19. Four Proverbs: 2. Drink Water
  20. Last Week
  21. Four Proverbs: 1. Better a Dish
  22. Saxophone Concerto: III. —
  23. UNSEEN: No. 1
  24. Bloom 1: morning
  25. South, Concerto for Oboe: II. Languorous
  26. Last Winter
  27. Green Music
  28. Last Sunday
  29. South, Concerto for Oboe: I. Lyrical
  30. Being, Pt. 2
  31. Last Summer
  32. Rapture: Mallets
  33. Being, Pt. 3
  34. Sky, Concerto for Violin: I. Lively
  35. Last Thursday
  36. UNSEEN: No. 2
  37. Book of Proverbs: 7. Like the Man who Seizes
  38. Being, Pt. 6
  39. Being, Pt. 7
  40. The Yellow Pages
  41. Chancel
  42. Run
  43. Being, Pt. 4
  44. Apse
  45. Being, Pt. 5
  46. Sky, Concerto for Violin: II. Wistful
  47. Lintel
  48. Being, Pt. 9
  49. Four Proverbs: 3. One Man Pretends
  50. Being, Pt. 8
  51. Bloom 1: noon
  52. An American Abroad
  53. Jasper
  54. South, Concerto for Oboe: III. Animato
  55. Last Year
  56. Last Wednesday
  57. Rapture: Metals
  58. Last Night
  59. Bloom 1: night
  60. Book of Proverbs: 6. Drink our Fill of Love
  61. October
  62. Sky, Concerto for Violin: III. Spirited
  63. UNSEEN: No. 3
  64. UNSEEN: No. 6
  65. UNSEEN: No. 4
  66. Saxophone Concerto: I. —
  67. TIME: Span I
  68. Telephone Book: The Yellow Pages
  69. Vanada
  70. Bloom 2: morning
  71. Slate
  72. Frieze
  73. Bloom 2: noon
  74. Stem 2
  75. Transept
  76. Strawberry Fields: "If I were your mother"
  77. Act One: Emile and Anaïs sneak off; Their duet
  78. Bliss
  79. Rust
  80. Sacristy
  81. Vestry
  82. Pentecost: 2. And I Will Show Wonders
  83. Flint
  84. Strawberry Fields: "Mother, we've been searching everywhere!"
  85. Act Two: First chase
  86. Strawberry Fields: "Good afternoon"
  87. UNSEEN: No. 5
  88. Saxophone Concerto: III.
  89. Lunette
  90. West, Concerto for Bassoon: I. Lively

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