Confronting Stillness: The Life and Works of Morton Feldman @ClassicalNerd
Confronting Stillness: The Life and Works of Morton Feldman  @ClassicalNerd
Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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📚 Sources/further reading:
cnvill.net/mfhall.pdf
nilsvigeland.com/writings-interviews/morton-feldman-ii
cnvill.net/mf-interview-with-Nils-Vigeland.pdf
researchgate.net/publication/242758215_Morton_Feldman_and_Abstract_Expressionism_Time_and_sound_construction_in_his_piano_miniatures_of_the_1950s_and_1960s
https://publications.lakeforest.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=seniortheses
rohandrape.net/ut/rttcc-text/Hanninen2004a.pdf
youtube.com/watch?v=BKyW2Ua_9YY
good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,28007.20.html
fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu:175589/datastream/PDF/view
portal.rcs.ac.uk/mdonohue/wp-content/uploads/sites/261/2017/02/Vertical_thoughts-morton-feldman.pdf
ex-tempore.org/mpaccione/MPACCIONE.htm

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Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.

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Music:

- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Morton Feldman: Coptic Light, performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Peter Eötvös [original upload: PgS37X4P2hM]
- Morton Feldman: The King of Denmark, performed by Colin Frank [original upload: rZpa0WWAK5c]
- Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel, performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Les Cris de Paris conducted by Gregor A. Mayrhofer [original upload: ks_mZJR-lAQ]
- Morton Feldman: Between Categories, performed by Frank Wolff, Wilhelm Schulz, Christoph Keller, Morton Feldman, Hans-Peter Friedrich, Ulf Klausenitzer, Burkhard Wissemann, and Michael Dietz [original upload: XUnT3FOg0tI]
- Morton Feldman: Piano and Orchestra, performed by John Tilbury and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [original upload: r_gzPtMuKRw]
- Darude: Sandstorm, clip originally from Wikipedia [tinyurl.com/y2cch3md]

Footage:
- Morton Feldman, Ursula Oppens, and Elliott Carter in conversation: youtube.com/watch?v=DZzEnuUJEsA

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