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Mark Applebaum (born 1967 in

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) is an American composer and

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of music composition and theory at

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Biography

Applebaum received his PhD in music composition from the

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where he studied with

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, and

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. Prior to Stanford, he taught at UCSD,

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. Applebaum has received commissions from

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, the

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, the

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, the Paul Dresher Ensemble, Spoleto USA, the Vienna Modern Festival, Antwerp's Champ D'Action, Festival ADEvantgarde in Munich, Zeitgeist, Manufacture (Tokyo), the

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. As a jazz pianist, Applebaum has performed around the world, including a solo recital in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso that was sponsored by the American Embassy. In 1994, he received the jazz prize of the Southern California Jazz Society.James Bash

Music

Applebaum's solo, chamber, choral, orchestral, operatic, and electro-acoustic work has been performed through North and South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia. His music has been described as mercurial, high detailed, discipline, and exacting, but also features improvisational and whimsical aspects. His inspiration has been drawn from jazz pioneers and maverick composers such as

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and

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, who found it necessary to use or invent unusual instruments to realize their artistic visions. In 1990, Applebaum began building unique electroacoustic instruments. One of these instruments, which Applebaum refers to as the "Mouseketier," consists of threaded rods, nails, combs, doorstops, springs, squeaky wheels, ratchets, and a toilet tank flotation bulb. His first instrument, the "Mousetrap", is used in ''Mousetrap Music'' which features a recording of sound-sculpture improvisations. The objects on the instruments are plucked, scratched, bowed, and modified by a battery of live electronics. Many of Applebaum's compositions are composed of visual and theatrical elements. ''Echolalia'' requires the rapid execution of 22 dadaist rituals, ''Straitjacket'' includes performers drawing on amplified easels, and ''Aphasia'' requires its performer to synchronize choreographed hand gestures to tape.

Selected works

Orchestral music

*''Dead White Males'' *''Skumfiduser!'' *''Martian Anthropology 1.2.3'' *''Sock Monkey'' *''Concerto for Florist and Orchestra''

Choral music and opera

*''Triple Concerto'' *''Martian Anthropology 4.5.6''

Works for symphonic wind ensemble and jazz orchestra

*''Ambitus'' *''Agitprop''

Chamber music

*''Sum = Parts'' for chamber orchestra *''56 1/2 ft.'' for chamber orchestra *''Integrity'' for two percussion and piano *''Depth'' for trombone and contrabass *''Merit'' for wind quintet *''Seriousness'' for string trio *''Janus'' for ten players *''Nepotism'' for percussion and strings *''Catfish'' for percussion trio *''Scipio Wakes Up'' for sextet *''Martian Anthropology 7.8.9'' for sextet *''Asylum'' for ten players *''The Blue Cloak'' for soloist and sextet *''Magnetic North'' for soloist and brass quintet *''Identity Destruction Sport'' for septet *''Accretion/Deletion'' for quintet *''48 Objects'' for sixteen players *''Sixteen'' for sixteen players *''Mobile for Paper'' for any number of players *''The Composer's Middle Period'' for sextet *''Theme in Search of Variations I'' for percussion trio *''Theme in Search of Variations II'' for quintet *''Theme in Search of Variations III'' for quartet *''Straitjacket'' for percussion quintet *''Coat Room'' for octet *''Rabbit Hole'' for octet *''30'' for twelve percussionists *''The First Decade'' for percussion *''The Second Decade'' for percussion quartet *''The Third Decade'' for percussion septet *''Clicktrack'' for twelve percussionists *''Speed Dating'' for octet *''Control Freak'' for singer and septet *''Medium'' for quartet *''column facing on 3 behind lintel'' for quartet *''Mt. Moriah'' for string quartet *''20'' for string quartet *''Darmstadt Kindergarten'' for string quartet *''1:00'' for string quartet *''Hymn'' for saxophone quartet *''Tlön'' for three conductors *''Meditation'' for piano six hands *''7 one-minute canons'' for flute, vibraphone, and cello *''Jetsam'' for piano trio *''Landscape'' for piano trio *''Go, Dog. Go!'' for percussion duo *''Gone, Dog. Gone!'' for percussion duo *''Ferneyhough ReMix'' for percussion duo *''On the Nature of the Modern Age'' for piano duo *''Unholy & Surreal'' for two pianos *''Speed Date'' for violin and cello *''Curb Weight Surgical Field duo'' for grand piano and two players *''Neo-Tribes'' for alto saxophone *''The Plate of Transition Nourishes the Chameleon Appetite'' for violin *''Anesthesia (+83)'' for viola *''Sargasso (83+)'' for cello *''Narcissus: Strata/Panacea'' for marimba *''Authenticity'' for trumpet *''Entre Funérailles I'' for trumpet *''Entre Funérailles II'' for vibraphone *''Entre Funérailles IV'' for flute *''Cadenza'' for piano *''Disciplines'' for piano *''Penumbra'' for piano *''Omnibus Etude'' for piano *''Elegy'' for carillon or piano *''DNA'' for guitar *''Pause'' for piano *''Aphasia'' for hand gestures and tape *''Composition Machine #1'' for percussion *''Echolalia'' for amplified Dadaist rituals *''Zero-One'' for mousetrap sound-sculpture *''Skeletons'' in the Closet for 8-channel sound *''Wristwatch: Geology, Wristwatch: Alien Argot, Wristwatch: Meridian, Wristwatch: Rabbit Hole, Wristwatch: Speed Dating, Wristwatch: Control Freak'' for variable players

Tape music

*''Pre-Composition'' *''The Janus ReMixes'' *''Snagglepuss ReMix'' *''Variations on Variations on a Theme by Mozart''

Improvisation works

*''The Metaphysics of Notation'' *''The Bible Without God'' *''S-tog'' *''Concerto for Florist and Ensemble'' *''Plundergraphic'' *''5:3'' *''Intellectual Property'' *''40 Cryptograms''

Discography

*1989 ''Your Parents Hate Me'', Aphasia Records *1996 ''Mousetrap Music'', Innova *1999 ''The Janus ReMixes'', Innova *1999 ''Sonic Circuits VII'', Innova *2002 ''The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree'', Innova *2003 ''Cornucopia'',

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*2003 ''Mark Applebaum: Intellectual Property'', Innova *2003 ''Catfish'',

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*2004 ''Oni Buchanan: Solo Piano'', Velvet Ear Records *2004 ''Martian Anthropology'', Innova *2004 ''Disciplines'', Innova *2005 ''56 1/2 ft.'', Innova *2005 ''The Bible Without God'', Innova *2006 ''Asylum'', Innova *2006, '' e', Everglade *2008 ''Sock Monkey'', Innova *2008 ''Escapement'', Everglade *2010 ''The Metaphysics of Notation'', Innova *2015 ''30'', Innova *2019 ''Asylum'', Innova

References

External links

Mark Applebaum's Website

Mark Applebaum on Vimeo

* ttp://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/A2227169 James Bash. "Applebaum, Mark." ''Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online.'' Oxford University Press, accessed October 13, 2014* {{DEFAULTSORT:Applebaum, Mark Living people 20th-century classical composers American male classical composers American classical composers 21st-century classical composers University of California, San Diego alumni 1967 births Musicians from Chicago Pupils of Brian Ferneyhough 21st-century American composers 20th-century American composers Classical musicians from Illinois 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians