composition as explanation

Tracklist

• 1
  composition as explanation: there is singularly nothing

  David Lang
  8:05
• 2
  composition as explanation: those who are creating

  David Lang
  2:59
• 3
  composition as explanation: of course it is beautiful

  David Lang
  4:34
• 4
  composition as explanation: beginning again and again

  David Lang
  4:00
• 5
  composition as explanation: it is understood by this time

  David Lang
  3:49
• 6
  composition as explanation: and now to begin as if to begin

  David Lang
  5:22
• 7
  composition as explanation: and after that what changes

  David Lang
  4:14
• 8
  composition as explanation: intertext

  David Lang
  4:52
• 9
  composition as explanation: the problem from this time on

  David Lang
  9:12
• 10
  composition as explanation: this then

  David Lang
  3:08
• 11
  composition as explanation: the time in the composition

  David Lang
  7:19

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The Writings

The Writings 2022

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The Village Detective: a song cycle 2021

Release credits

• Ashley Bathgate
  cello, vocal
• Bark Design
  graphic design
• Bill Maylone
  editor, mix, producer, recording
• Dalia Chin
  flute, vocal
• David Lang
  liner notes
• Emily Lazar
  mastering, producer
• Lisa Kaplan
  artwork, piano, vocal, producer
• Maiani da Silva
  violin, vocal
• Matthew Duvall
  percussion, vocal, editor [5, 11], producer
• Zachary Good
  clarinet, vocal
• eighth blackbird
  performer

Issues

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  composition as explanation

  Digital Media
  12 July 2024