{"id":44,"date":"2022-05-05T04:53:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T04:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2024-07-24T05:10:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T05:10:01","slug":"greenbaum-stuart-b-1966-800-million-heartbeats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=44","title":{"rendered":"Greenbaum, Stuart (b. 1966) &#8211; 800 million heartbeats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe class=\"fusion-hidden\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\" src=\"\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" data-privacy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jgBFbQ-Pwpg?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><div class=\"fusion-privacy-placeholder\" style=\"width:600px; height:360px;\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\"><div class=\"fusion-privacy-placeholder-content\"><div class=\"fusion-privacy-label\">For privacy reasons YouTube needs your permission to be loaded.<\/div><a href=\"\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\" class=\"fusion-button button-default fusion-button-default-size button fusion-privacy-consent\">I Accept<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-with-title content-left\" style=\"--awb-hover-accent-color:#c0eeff;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:transparent;--awb-item-margin-bottom:40px;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(0,0,0,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<h4 data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize:28; line-height: 1.36; --minFontSize:28;\">&#8220;To be human&#8221; program note<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: rgb(242, 242, 242);\">Stuart Greenbaum grew up in Melbourne, Victoria.  He studied with Brenton Broadstock and Barry Conyngham at the University of Melbourne, and is currently Professor and Head of Composition at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.  Greenbaum has composed over 230 concert works across a wide range of genres, including 23 sonatas, 7 string quartets, 5 piano trios, 7 concertos, 5 symphonies and 2 operas.  His style, while grounded in classical tradition, has overt links to jazz, pop and minimalism.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: rgb(242, 242, 242);\"><i>800 million heartbeats<\/i> was originally composed in 1999 for the Melbourne-based ensemble Southbank, a quartet consisting of clarinet, bass trombone, piano and percussion, and the piano trio version was premiered in 2008 by the Yarra Trio.  The title 8<i>00 million heartbeats<\/i> refers to the hypothesis that the average lifespan for living creatures is approximately 800 million heartbeats (though not accurate for humans).  Greenbaum describes the title as being a \u2018metaphor for life, and how we think about its journey and duration\u2019.  Some works Greenbaum names as influential on <i>800 million heartbeats<\/i> include the atmospheric introduction to Pink Floyd&#8217;s song titled Sheep (1976), and the rhythms of Steve Reich (b. 1936)\u2019s work Tehillim (1981) and of the jazz-fusion piece First Circle (1984) by Pat Metheny (b. 1954) and Lyle Mays (1953-2020).  The piece is built around a quaver ostinato consisting of 13\/8 and 11\/8 bars.  This ostinato forms the backdrop to various voices or melodies that emerge. The atmospheric, moody texture builds and grows to an ecstatic outpouring \u2013 symbolising the times of joy in life &#8211; before returning to the ostinato and gradually fading away.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element awb-imageframe-style awb-imageframe-style-below awb-imageframe-style-1\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--body_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--body_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--body_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--body_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--body_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--body_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1198\" height=\"1903\" title=\"Stuart Greenbaum, 2017\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271198%27%20height%3D%271903%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201198%201903%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271198%27%20height%3D%271903%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Greenbaum-2017.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-572\"\/><\/span><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption-container\"><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption\"><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption-title\">Stuart Greenbaum, 2017<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Greenbaum, Stuart (b. 1966) - 800 million heartbeats - Australian Piano Trios<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=44\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Greenbaum, Stuart (b. 1966) - 800 million heartbeats - Australian Piano Trios\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=44\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Australian Piano Trios\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-24T05:10:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=44\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=44\",\"name\":\"Greenbaum, Stuart (b. 1966) - 800 million heartbeats - Australian Piano Trios\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-05T04:53:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-24T05:10:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=44#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=44\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=44#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Featured works\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=15\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Greenbaum, Stuart (b. 1966) &#8211; 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