John Cage in Iran
This being the John Cage centennial year, I have been receiving a number of requests in my e-mail lately. A most interesting recent request was to write an essay for a music magazine in Iran.
John Cage
Essays and posts on the music of American composer John Cage (1912-1992)
Letter to Music Report
[This is a letter written in response to questions about John Cage posed by the editors of the Iranian music journal Music report.] Griggstown, New Jersey USA 26 October 2012 To the readers of Music Report: Thank you for the opportunity to answer your questions about John Cage. Your questions were about the path of
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New Cage recordings
There are a couple of new recordings out with some of my writing included: a complete recording of the Song Books, and a limited edition vinyl recording of the Sonatas and Interludes from the John Cage Trust.
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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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Sunday playlist: Cheap imitation
This Sunday morning’s playlist was a single piece: Cage’s Cheap imitation.
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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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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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John Cage: Two (getting started)
I’m starting to work on learning John Cage’s Two for piano and flute (Frances is playing the flute part on shakuhachi). I thought I’d take a few posts to describe the process of learning the piano part.
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