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The 1987 New Music America Festival was held in Philadelphia during the first two weeks in October. Produced by the local ensemble Relâche, this 10 day extravaganza of adventurous musical programing featured over 20 concerts, lectures, and sound installations.

The Festival’s sixteenth concert featured works by Philip Corner, Bruce Mather, Roger Reynolds, and the Rova Saxophone Quartet.

THE UNQUESTIONED ANSWER [FOR CHARLES IVES] (Rova Saxophone Quartet)
Here is a nation that elected a two-term answer. Was that sound? We should have asked where the next sound was coming from... A 25 minute piece with political overtones composed for saxophone quartet in which the quartet fields questions, the duos battle for territory, and the individual rejects the answer.

This concert was held at the Port of History Museum, on October 10, 1987. The recording was provided to Other Minds by Joseph Franklin who directed the 1987 New Music America Festival, and Werner Strobel who digitized the original tape recordings.

Genres

New music
Jazz

Musical Selections

The Unquestioned Answer [for Charles Ives] (32:42) / Rova Saxophone Quartet

Performers

Rova Saxophone Quartet
Jon Raskin, saxophone
Larry Ochs, saxophone
Andrew Voigt, saxophone
Bruce Ackley, saxophone

Subjects

Saxophone music (Jazz)
Woodwind quartets (Saxophones (4))

Related Event

New Music America '87 (Philadelphia)

Related place

Port of History Museum (was recorded at)

Related Entities

ROVA Saxophone Quartet
Ochs, Larry
Voigt, Andrew
Raskin, Jon
Ackley, Bruce
New Music America (Festival)