Finding Support Works for "Pulse Magnet"

One of the really important features of Matthew Hindson's compositional oeuvre is the popular music influences. Although they aren't as clear in "Pulse Magnet" as some other works, the booming kick drum and open hi hats that are played in the third movement are a pretty serious nod in that direction. I thought I would try and have a look for pop music influences in other classical works, in order to find a support work to study alongside "Pulse Magnet". After a little bit of searching, lo and behold I found this quite helpful article on Quora.

Not only does the article (which is actually a response to a question along the lines of what I was thinking) cover a historical perspective on classical interactions with popular music over the last 100 years, but it also includes a handy little list of popular music-influenced compositions.

List from Quora

Dead Elvis (1993) by Michael Daugherty From the Institutes of Groove (2009) by Michael Gandolfi We Speak Etruscan (1992) by Lee Hyla The Body of Your Dreams (2007) by Jacob Ter Veldhuis Workers Union (1975) by Louis Andriessen Electric Counterpoint (1987) by Steve Reich Asyla (1997) by Thomas Ades Anna Nicole (2011) by Mark-Anthony Turnage Vampyr (1984) by Tristan Murail 21 (2008) by Andy Akiho Unlockstep (1992) by Elliott Sharp

Unfortunately not all of these are composed in the last 25 years, and so for the sake of the HSC Music 2 unit I'm preparing, I'm going to have to shorten this list.

Shortened List

I've taken out Elliott Sharp's work because by the time I'm teaching at an actual school, it'll be 2018 (at least) so there's no point studying a work from exactly 25 years ago right now.

Next I'll go through these pieces and see if any of them seem like worthy candidates for classroom study.

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Finding Support Works for "Pulse Magnet"

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