Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

If we are talking about motifs, rather than actual phonographic elements,
Japanese shakuhachi music (specifically honkyoku) has always had close
ties to nature, going back centuries.

Michael Andrew Doherty

www.takiochi.com
http://megsnewmusicblog.wordpress.com/



> 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
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> http://classicaldrone.blogspot.com
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> On Jun 3, 2010, at 2:08 AM, simon reynell wrote:
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>> 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
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