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Philippe de Monte: Sacred & Secular Works
About the Artist
FROM 1970 TO 1985, MARSHALL STYLER RECORDED AND TOURED WITH RENOWNED ROCHESTER, N.Y. ROCK BAND DUKE JUPITER. THEY HAD SEVEN ALBUMS TO THEIR CREDIT ON MERCURY, EPIC-C.B.S. AND MOTOWN. IN 1986, HE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE ROCK AND ROLL LIFE AND MOVE TO TEXAS. ALTHOUGH HE WAS THE LEAD SINGER AN SONGWRITER FOR THE BAND, HE BEGAN TO FEEL LIMITED BY LYRICS AND BEGAN COMPOSING INSTRUMENTAL PIECES. IN 1991, HE RELEASED CAMDEN ROAD, HIS FIRST INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM. IT IS A COMPILATION OF LIVE PERFORMANCES ON SYNTHESIZERS. FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, MARSHALL COMPOSED THE RED RIVER TRILOGY. THE TRILOGY IS A COLLECTION OF MUSICAL IMPRESSIONS OF PEOPLE AND PLACES IN TEXAS THAT HAVE IN SOME WAY INSPIRED HIM. "I CONSIDER MYSELF AN IMPRESSIONIST IN THE SPIRIT OF THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST PAINTERS - DEGAS, MONET, AND MATISSE. THEY WORKED WITH COLOR AND EMOTION AND HAVE A POWERFUL ELEGANCE THAT I STRIVE FOR IN MY MUSIC."
Album Description
RED RIVER CROSSING RECORDED IN 2001, IS THE THIRD AND FINAL PIECE OF A TRILOGY. USING PIANO AND SYNTHESIZERS, RED RIVER CROSSING INCORPORATES GENTLE MELODIES ON TOP OF RICH LAYERS OF SOUND. THIS CREATES A UNIQUE BLEND OF MUSIC THAT IS AS SIMPLE AS IT IS DEEP.