More on Cheap imitation
After my previous post on Cage’s Cheap imitation, I have been thinking more about the piece and doing some poking around. Here are some random thoughts about it.
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Beginning Palais de mari
I’ve started working on Morton Feldman’s Palais de mari, and I plan to do a number of posts on this piece as it sinks in. And I’ll start at the beginning, writing about the nature of opening ideas in late Feldman.
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Sunday playlist: Cheap imitation
This Sunday morning’s playlist was a single piece: Cage’s Cheap imitation.
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Morton Feldman: Intermission 6
I’ve been playing Feldman’s Intermission 6 lately. Here’s my take on how to play the piece.
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Sunday freestyle playlist: Halloween edition
This Sunday’s playlist starts with one of my favorite horror movie piano scores: the Bach-Brahms chaconne.
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Rothko/Feldman pilgrimage
We were in DC and visited the Rothko show at the National Gallery of Art. It’s a must-see.
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Two: another approach
There’s another approach to realizing Two: completely determining everything using chance operations. I tried this out and describe the results.
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Sunday playlist, dance edition
This week’s all-dance freestyle playlist is inspired by Fred & Ginger.
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Sunday freestyle playlist (17 October 2010)
Another Sunday morning of sightreading. This week: Feldman, Debussy, Schumann, and Chopin.
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Two: one approach to performance
The notation makes it clear that Cage leaves various specific aspects of the continuity of Two up to the performer. What isn’t clear is how, as a performer, one is supposed to make those decisions.
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