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hydro-, before a vowel hydr- comb. form of Gr.
húdōr WATER in many terms, of which some came from L. adoptions of Gr. words either direct or through F. but many are of mod. orig.; (in gen. terms)
hydrographer,
hydrography,
hydrophobia XVI,
hydroponics (Gr.
pónos labour) XX; (path.) denoting accumulation of fluid, as
hydrocele XVI,
hydrocephalus (Gr.
hudroképhalon;
kephalé head) XVII; (chem.) denoting combination with water, and (hence) with
HYDROGEN (of which it functions as comb. form), as
hydrobromic,
hydrocarbon,
hydrochloric,
hydroxide XIX; (physics) concerned with liquids, as
hydrodynamics XVIII,
hydromechanics XIX,
hydrostatics XVII.
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Milton Babbitt's 'Three Theatrical Songs' in perspective.(A Symposium in Honor of Milton Babbitt)(composer)
Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; Many of us here know Milton Babbitt in several ways, some of which are being celebrated today. Milton Babbitt as songwriter for the American...Peters in 1981. As songwriter, Milton Babbitt belongs to the later 1940s generation...
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Riemannian variations on a theme by Milton Babbitt.(A Symposium in Honor of Milton Babbitt)
Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...1998, a symposium in honor of Milton Babbitt was held at the Library of Congress...composer. The question was: Why Milton Babbitt? After all, the Music Division...we should all be there honoring Milton Babbitt. Neither was it meant to imply...
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Rigors of subjectivity.(A Symposium in Honor of Milton Babbitt)(musical analysis)
Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...or scientific. I didn't go to Princeton. And yet Milton Babbitt has influenced my thinking profoundly and pervasively...analysis become more sophisticated, it is because Milton Babbitt's work has transformed them. That work has had two...
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A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING WITH WORLD PREMIERE, THE BSO FINALLY STEPS INTO THE WORLD OF COMPOSER MILTON BABBITT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/13/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...has commissioned from Milton Babbitt, one of the dominant...time I have conducted Babbitt has been a great thrill...within each piece. "Milton has managed to do something...Levine's loyalty to Babbitt's music has never wavered...
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Still being an American composer: Milton Babbitt at eighty.(A Symposium in Honor of Milton Babbitt)
Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...finishing a manuscript on the music of Milton Babbitt, he sent me the opening pages...1) In the past six years Milton Babbitt has written some sixteen pieces...the following I shall celebrate Milton Babbitt's continued compositional flourishing...
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Listening to Milton Babbitt's electronic music: the medium and the message.(A Symposium in Honor of Milton Babbitt)
Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...1962 in an important article by Milton Babbitt. The article, "Twelve-Tone...introduced the "time-point system," Babbitt's consistent and musically pertinent...the article contains some of Babbitt's thoughts on musical perception...
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The Collected Essays of Milton Babbitt
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; The Collected Essays of Milton Babbitt Edited by Stephen Peles, with Stephen Dembski, Andrew...the American composer, teacher and musicologist Milton Babbitt is still going strong, and this tome gathers the collected...
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Babbitt and Stravinsky under the serial 'regime.'.(A Symposium in Honor of Milton Babbitt)(composers Milton Babbitt and Igor Stravinsky)
Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...in this Symposium in honor of Milton Babbitt.(1) Babbitt's work, his...that this was a period in which Babbitt and his serial approach dominated...tradition "minor." I can still hear Milton Babbitt's "Oh, I can!" - interjected...
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THE CLEVELAND CONTEMPORARY PLAYERS PRESENTS A 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR MILTON BABBITT, FEATURING ROBERT TAUB
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/4/2006; 700+ words
; ...Birthday Celebration for American composer Milton Babbitt, featuring pianist Robert Taub. Milton Babbitt, one of the leading musical minds of the...will precede the concert at 7:15 p.m. Milton Babbitt has received numerous prizes, awards and...
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An Introduction to the Music of Milton Babbitt.
Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...An Introduction to the Music of Milton Babbitt is a useful book. Avowedly neither...relevant to a considerable portion of Babbitt's compositions. It does not...The first principal chapter, "Milton Babbitt's Compositional World," establishes...
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Milton Babbitt
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Milton Babbitt The American composer Milton Babbitt (born 1916) is a leading figure among the most abstract...composers and a pioneer in the use of electronic synthesizers. Milton Babbitt was born in Philadelphia on May 10, 1916, and grew up...
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Babbitt, Milton
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Babbitt, Milton (1916– ) US composer, musicologist, and teacher. Babbitt studied with Roger Sessions and his mathematical background influenced his music. He systematized the analysis of twelve-tone music . His compositions...
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Jordan, Stanley
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...startling news for the young guitarist. Faculty member Milton Babbitt had devised a similar system in the late 1950s. The two began working together, and Babbitt eventually became Jordan’s adviser. Besides...
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electronic music
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...developed in the late 1950s and used extensively by composer Milton Babbitt in many of his electronic works. In the 1950s various...Luening, Vladimir Ussachevsky , Mario Davidovsky, and Babbitt. During the 1960s synthesizers were made widely available...
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Ralph Shapey
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...not all of them adhere strictly to 12-tone principles, and none is as minutely controlled as the compositions of Milton Babbitt and other contemporaries. Shapey achieves order through diminutions of the musical image, and form often results...
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