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| | | | Mark Phillips began his composing career in the seventies writing modernist pieces in the tradition of, Bartók, Stravinsky, Varèse, Penderecki, and Ligeti. These atonal compositions featured highly dissonant chords and disjunct melodic lines. “They didn’t have a hint of a backbeat,” says Phillips. Then in 1988 he won the Barlow International Competition with his orchestral piece Turning, which marked his turning away from a more restrictive style and toward a synthesis comprised of jazz, blues, and classical elements. “It’s not crossover, it’s not third stream; perhaps it’s some kind of postmodern hybrid.” |
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