Mario Davidovsky: An Introduction

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Upon meeting composer Mario Davidovsky, one cannot help but be quickly won over by his openness, warmth, and intensity. There is an immediate, yet respectful sense of intimacy in the way that he read ily shares his thoughts and passions about everything from the state of culture and the history of art and religion to the details of his latest car pentry project. Although he rarely speaks in public about anything, let alone music (including his own), he is phenomenally articulate, and tells fascinating, at times hilarious stories of growing up in Argentina, life in New York City (in 1959 Aaron Copland helped him become a fellow at Tanglewood. Soon after, he came for good) and now Boston. It is perhaps not surprising then, to find that Davidovsky's music shares many of these same qualities in generous proportion. It is clear and compelling, drawing the listener immediately into its personal, idiosyn cratic world, yet it handsomely rewards repeated listening and study. In the context of a

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