The So-Called Laws of Nature - Revision history

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General Info

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	[[David Lang]]		[[David Lang]]

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	== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==		== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
			{{Lang David Works}}

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Commercial Discography

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	== Commercial Discography==		== Commercial Discography==
			[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPuQFPyor9c So Percussion - Pasic 2011 - Vic Firth.com]<br>

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	==Recent Performances==		==Recent Performances==

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	==Movements==		==Movements==
			Part One <br>
			Part Two <br>
			Part Three <br>

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	== Instrumentation ==		== Instrumentation ==

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David Lang

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	=== David Lang ===		=== David Lang ===
	"I went to college to study science. I was expected to become a doctor, or at the very least a medical researcher, and I spent much of my undergraduate years studying math and chemistry and physics, hanging out with future scientists, going to their parties, sharing their apartments, eavesdropping on their conversations. I remember a particularly heated discussion about a quote from Wittgenstein: "At the basis of the whole modern view of the world lies the illusion that the so-called laws of nature are the explanation of natural phenomena." This quote rankled all us future scientists, as it implied that science can't explain the universe but can only offer mere descriptions of things observed. Over the years it occurred to me that this could be rephrased as a musical problem. <br/>		"I went to college to study science. I was expected to become a doctor, or at the very least a medical researcher, and I spent much of my undergraduate years studying math and chemistry and physics, hanging out with future scientists, going to their parties, sharing their apartments, eavesdropping on their conversations. I remember a particularly heated discussion about a quote from Wittgenstein: "At the basis of the whole modern view of the world lies the illusion that the so-called laws of nature are the explanation of natural phenomena." This quote rankled all us future scientists, as it implied that science can't explain the universe but can only offer mere descriptions of things observed. Over the years it occurred to me that this could be rephrased as a musical problem. <br/>
	Because music is made of proportions and numbers and formulas and patterns, I always wonder what these numbers actually mean. Do the numbers themselves generate a certain structure, creating the context and the meaning and the form, or are they just the incidental byproducts of other, deeper, more mysterious processes? My piece ''The So-Called Laws of Nature'' tries to explore the "meaning" of various processes and formulas. The individual parts are virtually identical - the percussionists play identical patterns throughout, playing unison rhythms on subtly different instruments. Most of these instruments the performers are required to build themselves. Some of the patterns between the players are displaced in time. Some are on instruments which have a kind of incoherence built into their sound. Does the music come out of the patterns or in spite of them? I am not sure which, but I know that this piece is a close to becoming a scientist as I will ever get." ~~-- David Lang~~		Because music is made of proportions and numbers and formulas and patterns, I always wonder what these numbers actually mean. Do the numbers themselves generate a certain structure, creating the context and the meaning and the form, or are they just the incidental byproducts of other, deeper, more mysterious processes? My piece ''The So-Called Laws of Nature'' tries to explore the "meaning" of various processes and formulas. The individual parts are virtually identical - the percussionists play identical patterns throughout, playing unison rhythms on subtly different instruments. Most of these instruments the performers are required to build themselves. Some of the patterns between the players are displaced in time. Some are on instruments which have a kind of incoherence built into their sound. Does the music come out of the patterns or in spite of them? I am not sure which, but I know that this piece is a close to becoming a scientist as I will ever get."

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	[[~~Full Composer Name~~]]		[[David Lang]]

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	== Program Notes ==		== Program Notes ==

			=== David Lang ===
	"I went to college to study science. I was expected to become a doctor, or at the very least a medical researcher, and I spent much of my undergraduate years studying math and chemistry and physics, hanging out with future scientists, going to their parties, sharing their apartments, eavesdropping on their conversations. I remember a particularly heated discussion about a quote from Wittgenstein: "At the basis of the whole modern view of the world lies the illusion that the so-called laws of nature are the explanation of natural phenomena." This quote rankled all us future scientists, as it implied that science can't explain the universe but can only offer mere descriptions of things observed. Over the years it occurred to me that this could be rephrased as a musical problem. <br/>		"I went to college to study science. I was expected to become a doctor, or at the very least a medical researcher, and I spent much of my undergraduate years studying math and chemistry and physics, hanging out with future scientists, going to their parties, sharing their apartments, eavesdropping on their conversations. I remember a particularly heated discussion about a quote from Wittgenstein: "At the basis of the whole modern view of the world lies the illusion that the so-called laws of nature are the explanation of natural phenomena." This quote rankled all us future scientists, as it implied that science can't explain the universe but can only offer mere descriptions of things observed. Over the years it occurred to me that this could be rephrased as a musical problem. <br/>
	Because music is made of proportions and numbers and formulas and patterns, I always wonder what these numbers actually mean. Do the numbers themselves generate a certain structure, creating the context and the meaning and the form, or are they just the incidental byproducts of other, deeper, more mysterious processes? My piece ''The So-Called Laws of Nature'' tries to explore the "meaning" of various processes and formulas. The individual parts are virtually identical - the percussionists play identical patterns throughout, playing unison rhythms on subtly different instruments. Most of these instruments the performers are required to build themselves. Some of the patterns between the players are displaced in time. Some are on instruments which have a kind of incoherence built into their sound. Does the music come out of the patterns or in spite of them? I am not sure which, but I know that this piece is a close to becoming a scientist as I will ever get." -- David Lang		Because music is made of proportions and numbers and formulas and patterns, I always wonder what these numbers actually mean. Do the numbers themselves generate a certain structure, creating the context and the meaning and the form, or are they just the incidental byproducts of other, deeper, more mysterious processes? My piece ''The So-Called Laws of Nature'' tries to explore the "meaning" of various processes and formulas. The individual parts are virtually identical - the percussionists play identical patterns throughout, playing unison rhythms on subtly different instruments. Most of these instruments the performers are required to build themselves. Some of the patterns between the players are displaced in time. Some are on instruments which have a kind of incoherence built into their sound. Does the music come out of the patterns or in spite of them? I am not sure which, but I know that this piece is a close to becoming a scientist as I will ever get." -- David Lang

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			"I went to college to study science. I was expected to become a doctor, or at the very least a medical researcher, and I spent much of my undergraduate years studying math and chemistry and physics, hanging out with future scientists, going to their parties, sharing their apartments, eavesdropping on their conversations. I remember a particularly heated discussion about a quote from Wittgenstein: "At the basis of the whole modern view of the world lies the illusion that the so-called laws of nature are the explanation of natural phenomena." This quote rankled all us future scientists, as it implied that science can't explain the universe but can only offer mere descriptions of things observed. Over the years it occurred to me that this could be rephrased as a musical problem. <br/>
			Because music is made of proportions and numbers and formulas and patterns, I always wonder what these numbers actually mean. Do the numbers themselves generate a certain structure, creating the context and the meaning and the form, or are they just the incidental byproducts of other, deeper, more mysterious processes? My piece ''The So-Called Laws of Nature'' tries to explore the "meaning" of various processes and formulas. The individual parts are virtually identical - the percussionists play identical patterns throughout, playing unison rhythms on subtly different instruments. Most of these instruments the performers are required to build themselves. Some of the patterns between the players are displaced in time. Some are on instruments which have a kind of incoherence built into their sound. Does the music come out of the patterns or in spite of them? I am not sure which, but I know that this piece is a close to becoming a scientist as I will ever get." -- David Lang

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	==Awards==		==Awards==