Ian Dicke has secrets, but not the scandalous kind. In this episode of Composer Quest, we talk about his tricks of the trade when it comes to structuring his compositions and developing musical ideas. Ian also shares his approach to teaching post-1940s art music, which usually only gets about a week of attention in undergraduate music programs.

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Music from this Episode

Ian Dicke’s pieces that we talked about can be found at IanDicke.com, or on Soundcloud.

Here are some other pieces Ian mentioned in the interview:

• Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms (time stretching)
• Morton Feldman – Projection 1 for Solo Cello (graphic score)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Gesang Der Jünglinge (early electronic music)