Composition No. 173


Composition No. 173 is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton with orchestra and actors recorded in 1994 for the Italian Black Saint label.

Reception

The AllMusic review by "Blue" Gene Tyranny stated "This musically and textually complex composition examines movement-strategies that occur in normal life in various spaces... The music is exciting and contrapuntally dense, and at other times mysteriously sustained. Maps of geography and musical graph strategies are treated as analogs. A thoughtful and innovative "multimedia" work".

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton.
  1. "Composition No. 173":
  2. # "Opening Music – Introduction" – 15:39
  3. # Scene One – Interlude Duo"" – 16:16
  4. # "Scene Two – Interlude Ensemble" – 14:22
  5. # "Scene Two " – 5:12
  6. # "Closing Music" – 7:26

Personnel

Actors
  • Steve Ben Israel – "Arnold"
  • Laura Arbuckle – "Jeremy"
  • Isha Beck – "Miss Tisingham"
  • Baba Ben Israel – "Molly"
Musicians