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On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:36:10 -0700, Kevin Wampler wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>> John Cage? ;-)
>
> I'm sure he at least wouldn't mind 4'33" ;-)
I think it rather depends on what occurs during that period of time. The
premise of that score is interesting, though. The thing I found funny
about Cage's scores was that they tended to look more like they came off
an EKG machine rather than musical notation. I remember one that had
three graphs - one for pitch, one for amplitude, and one for rate (IIRC).
> Along these lines I was very surprised to find that a professor who was
> sitting in on a computer science seminar with me was actually a pupil of
> Xenakis. He had some amusing stories to tell about how Xenakis once
> cleared out an entire concert hall save for three of his students
> (including the professor) in the front row.
LOL - so how does the story go?
> I was also lucky enough to hear a good reproduction of La Légende d'Eer
> in an actual concert a couple of years ago. My girlfriend who I'd
> dragged to the event was somewhat less enthusiastic.
I'm going to have to look that one up - I don't think I've ever heard of
it before.
Jim
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