Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Caleb Deupree <>]

I'll echo this sentiment, but will contribute a couple of other names.  If 
you're looking for a loose Cage connection, I'd suggest David Tudor's 
Rainforest.  If you're looking for other "classical" or notated composers, 
I'd suggest Mamoru Fujieda's Patterns of Plants.  Like Michael Prime, Fujeida 
starts with bio-electric fluctuations from living plants, but he extracts 
melodies and bundles them in sets of four as patterns.  He has several 
collections of patterns, some of which have been recorded in chamber 
performances on Tzadik, and some of which are published in versions for piano 
solo.  Another composer with lifelong ties to nature is Toru Takemitsu; see 
Peter Burt's book for details on Takemitsu's repeated use of garden and ocean 
motifs in his music.

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Caleb Deupree

http://classicaldrone.blogspot.com


On Jun 3, 2010, at 2:08 AM, simon reynell wrote:

> I know and like all the examples you cite, but there are lots of others.  
> In fact nature-based music of one kind or another is now a pretty crowded 
> field.  There are dozens of people producing pieces from field recordings 
> (with various degrees of editing / manipulation) that use natural sounds as 
> their source