The Odyssey

Price 17.15 - 21.84 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 34061101925


Manufacture Classical Music, Inc.

Manufacture Country USA

Florencio Asenjo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is best known for his approach to composing called maximalism, the objective of which was to achieve a high density of content in constant change: he decided to base his composing on the creation of sequences of themes that, taken in succession, were each a development of the preceding music. Again, this was not to be a formal development, or a variation on previous themes, but the creation of entirely new themes connected aesthetically to the preceding ones, a development of substance rather than of form, just as the various characters in a play do not repeat the same sentences over and over again except for special purposes; rather, each rejoins the preceding dialogue to take it further, while retaining the continuity of meaning and atmosphere. But please note: the result is not an avant-garde exercise. This is very colorful music, full of rich atmosphere and drama, upholding the traditions started by his fellow countrymen, such as Alberto Ginastera.