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Composition No. 173 (subtitled For 4 Actors, 14 Instrumentalists Constructed Environment and Video Projections) is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton with orchestra and actors recorded in 1994 for the Italian Black Saint label.

Reception

The AllMusic review by "Blue" Gene Tyranny stated "This musically and textually complex composition examines movement-strategies that occur in normal life in various spaces ... The music is exciting and contrapuntally dense, and at other times mysteriously sustained. Maps of geography (sounds moving about the real and imaginary and video "virtual" lands) and musical graph strategies are treated as analogs. A thoughtful and innovative "multimedia" work".

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton.

"Composition No. 173":
1. "Opening Music – Introduction" – 15:39
2. Scene One – Interlude Duo"" – 16:16
3. "Scene Two (A) – Interlude Ensemble" – 14:22
4. "Scene Two (B)" – 5:12
5. "Closing Music" – 7:26

Personnel

Anthony Braxton – conductor

Actors

Steve Ben Israel – "Arnold"
Laura Arbuckle – "Jeremy"
Isha Beck – "Miss Tisingham"
Baba Ben Israel – "Molly"

Musicians

Melinda Newman – oboe; soloist
Brandon Evans – sopranino saxophone, bass clarinet; soloist
Bo Bell – bassoon
Jennifer Hill – clarinet
Danielle Langston, Nickie Braxton – violin
Brett W. Larner – koto
Kevin O'Neil – guitar
Sandra Miller, Jacob Rosen – cello
Dirck Westervelt, Joe Fonda – bass
Josh Rosenblatt – percussion

References

Anthony Braxton discography Archived 2012-09-11 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 13, 2017
Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton accessed June 13, 2017
Jazzlists: Black Saint Records main series discography, accessed June 13, 2017
^ Tyranny, "Blue" Gene. Composition No. 173 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

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Discography
Studio albums	3 Compositions of New Jazz For Alto Anthony Braxton This Time... The Complete Braxton Together Alone Donna Lee Saxophone Improvisations Series F Four Compositions (1973) In the Tradition In the Tradition Volume 2 Trio and Duet New York, Fall 1974 Five Pieces 1975 Creative Orchestra Music 1976 Duets 1976 Duets For Four Orchestras For Trio Birth and Rebirth Seven Compositions 1978 Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979 For Two Pianos Composition 98 Composition No. 96 Six Compositions: Quartet Open Aspects '82 Six Duets (1982) Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983 Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984 Seven Standards (1985) Vols. 1 & 2 Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 Six Monk's Compositions (1987) Four Compositions (Solo, Duo & Trio) 1982/1988 A Memory of Vienna Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh Duets: Hamburg 1991 Willisau (Quartet) 1991 4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992 Four Compositions (GTM) 2000 Beyond Quantum
Live albums	Town Hall 1972 Solo: Live at Moers Festival Quartet: Live at Moers Festival First Duo Concert Elements of Surprise Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976 Dortmund (Quartet) 1976 The Montreux/Berlin Concerts Quintet (Basel) 1977 Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978 One in Two – Two in One Performance (Quartet) 1979 Anthony Braxton / Robert Schumann String Quartet Composition No. 94 for Three Instrumentalists (1980) Solo (Pisa) 1982 Quartet (London) 1985 Quartet (Birmingham) 1985 Quartet (Coventry) 1985 19 (Solo) Compositions, 1988 Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988 2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988 Eugene (1989) Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989 Willisau (Quartet) 1991 10 Compositions (Duet) 1995 Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 Trio (Victoriaville) 2007 9 Standards (Quartet) 1993 Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 Two Compositions (Trio) 1998 23 Standards (Quartet) 2003 20 Standards (Quartet) 2003 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003
With Circle	Paris Concert Circling In Circulus
With Creative Construction Company	Creative Construction Company Creative Construction Company Vol. II

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