My Ends Are My Beginnings
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"My Ends Are My Beginnings" is a complex, serial composition by American composer Milton Babbitt that exemplifies his highly structured, mathematically oriented approach to contemporary classical music.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
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serial composition ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American academic serialism
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post-war avant-garde music ⓘ |
| composedBy | Milton Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Milton Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
complex
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highly structured ⓘ mathematically oriented ⓘ |
| hasTitleWordplayOn | “My end is my beginning” ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American academic music theory
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Arnold Schoenberg’s twelve-tone method ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| musicStyle | post-tonal ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of mathematics and musical structure
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rigorous formal construction ⓘ |
| partOf | Milton Babbitt’s oeuvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | cyclical musical structure ⓘ |
| titleReferences | medieval musical canon form ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
serialism
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twelve-tone technique ⓘ |
| workType | concert music ⓘ |
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