Simrock requested a set of dances for piano duet, and, seeking to capitalize on a vogue for eastern European folk music, he specified that they should be based upon the music of the composer's Bohemian homeland.
The symphony is based upon the music that Nyman was recording that fateful afternoon, and also has a piece he composed in 1985, Memorial, which became part of his score for Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover.
"Quite clearly, the verdict in this case, if based upon the music at all, was based upon the jury's perception that the overall 'feel' or 'groove' of the two works is similar, as songs of a particular genre often are.
By the time he was a teenager, he had built almost 90 puppets, which he based upon commercials, popular music, and his friends.
"Burn the Bastards" is a celebratory house music song based upon Sly Stone's "Dance to the Music": a trumpet break and drum line are sampled, and the lyrical structure of that song is also mirrored.
The character of Hari has her own subtheme, a cantus firmus based upon J. S. Bach's music featuring Artemyev's composition atop it; it is heard at Hari's death and at story's end.
Although the music was based upon strict rules, preexisting melodies, and stylistic requirements, the performer enjoyed great creative freedom.
The modern blues impulse is presented as a conservative urge based upon the replication of old music, be it that of the Chicago or Mississippi Delta pioneers, or upon the first-generation blues-rockers of the Sixties.
All music is based upon experimentation and the same theory used over 400 years ago.
