Rise of the Electric Guitar
The electric guitar and classical music may seem like strange bedfellows, but almost as soon as the instrument was invented, composers devised ways to take advantage of its sonic possibilities. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Jesse McQuarters Bob Dylan: Maggie’s Farm Charlie Christian: Solo Flight (excerpt) Leonard Bernstein: Simple Song from Mass Donald Erb: Trio for Violin, Electric Guitar and Cello (excerpt) Morton Feldman: Straits of Magellan George Crumb: La Guitarra from Songs, Dances and Refrains of Death Elliott Sharp: Vicious Cycle for electric guitar, electric bass & percussion Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint, III Steve Mackey: San Francisco Mark Anthony Turnage: Shout from. Blood on the Floor Daniel Lippel: Scaffold