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Sequence for Minor White (Kyle Sanna)

from Spontaneous Symbols (ICR008) by Brooklyn Rider

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Minor White (1908-1976) was one of the most influential American photographers of the mid-twentieth century. He broadened the expression of the medium and was an important teacher, incorporating elements of Eastern philosophy into both his teaching and his creative process. He was also a mentor to my father, photographer Anthony Sanna, who gave me Minor White’s first book, Mirrors, Messages, Manifestations (1969). I have been struck by the depth and originality in these photographs, and by White’s ability to capture a sense of spirit and the spiritual in his work, no matter what the subject.

Important to White was the arrangement of individual photographs into sequences. He called these sequences “little dramas of dreams with a memory”, and writes that “to engage a sequence we keep in mind the photographs on either side of the one in our eye.” In Sequence for Minor White, I wanted to translate this visual multiplicity into aural terms. My own sequence is comprised of several movements that each begin and end with a repeated section for one or two players. This allows for a deliberate overlapping of the movements and a mobile, yet seamless form.

Certain movements were inspired by specific photographs and others were inspired by Minor White’s writing on the creative process or by his poetry. Part of the magic of photography is to create a sense of movement in a still image. Much of this music has the opposite aim: to suggest stasis within the passing of time.

- Kyle Sanna

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from Spontaneous Symbols (ICR008), released October 20, 2017
Composed by Kyle Sanna

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