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JAN VRIEND - Publications

Wiskunde & Komponeren (Mathematics and composing). Study of and introduction to Xenakis's Stochastic Music – 1977. Was published in limited edition by ASKO, Amsterdam. Out of print.

Leren naar Muziek (How to listen to music). ASKO, Amsterdam, 1979. Co-author and editor. A methodic introduction to contemporary music for teachers and children, centered around Octandre by Varèse. Comes with a cassette containing some 150 examples.

Nomos Alpha (for violoncello solo by Xenakis). Analysis and comments. In: Interface, Vol. 10, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam 1981.

Valse Stochastique? In: Regards sur Iannis Xenakis, Stock Musique, Paris 1981.

Het Muziekleven in Nederland (Musical life in the Netherlands). A critical viewpoint. In: Hollands Maandblad, Aug./Sept. 1982, Amsterdam.

Een Hypothese vanuit Stilstand (the still point hypothesis). Essay on the music of Edgard Varèse. In: De Bevrijding van de Klank – ASKO, Amsterdam 1982.

Heterostase (Jan Vriend 1980). Introduction and analysis. In: Interface, Vol. 16, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam 1987.

Le Monde Ouvert des Sons et ses Ennemies (the open sound universe and its enemies). Essay on Xenakis vs. Ferneyhough. In: EntreTemps 6, Paris, January 1988.

Top van de IJsberg (tip of the iceberg). Diary of an experience, 1968-91. Unpublished but quoted in Entr'acte No. 2, March 1992.

Jos Kunst, balling of kluizenaar? (Jos Kunst, exile or hermit?). Review of his life and works. In: Mens en Melodie, March 1997.

Borstlap Revisited. Riposte against a reactionary article by John Bortslap in Tijschrift voor Muziek, November 2003. In: Tijdschrift voor Muziektheorie, November 2004.

Het Open Universum (the open universe). On the origins and achievements of the twentieth century avant-garde, September 2004 – Unpublished to date. 

The Open Universe - English Translation by the author - October 2005. To open, click here. A Russian translation appeared in Muzyka v epokhu postmodernizma - Sbornik materialov mezhdunarodnoj nauchno-prakticheskoj konferencii (8-10 dekabrja 2005 g., g. Perm, PMU - ISBN 5-85281-283-4.

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