Daniel Jones's system of 'complex metres' involves maintaining an irregular time pattern, such as 5/4 - 3/2, throughout a movement or long section.
Composer Biography
Daniel Jones, the composer, was born in Pembroke, South Wales, in 1912 and lived most of his life in Swansea.
Compositional Technique
The first twelve of Daniel Jones's thirteen symphonies are each based on a different note of the chromatic scale.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Daniel Jones viewed the creative process as one of discovery, believing that the music he was to write already existed and he merely had to unveil it.
Composer Biography
Daniel Jones was a childhood friend of the poet Dylan Thomas, with whom he collaborated on over two hundred poems.
Historical Context
During World War II, Daniel Jones served in British Army Intelligence as a cryptographer and decoder of Japanese, Romanian, and Russian at Bletchley Park.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Daniel Jones believed that every note counted in music, citing Mozart, Weber, Mendelssohn, and Bizet as models of clarity in their uncluttered orchestration.
