Composition Vivisection: Zeno (Part 1)
Introducing a new feature here on the Secret Society inter-web pamphlet: the Composition Vivisection.
From time to time, I will take a piece from the Secret Society repertoire and slice it open to show you how it works. The analysis will take place in multiple installments, over multiple posts.
Our first victim is “Zeno,” from Infernal Machines.
[What follows here and in subsequent installments is a somewhat more succinct version of the talk I gave at New England Conservatory last week.]
Prepare to be schooled by one of the best young composers around.
