Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Guy De Bievre <>]

Percy Grainger's Random Round (and his whole concept of "free music") 
was inspired by ocean waves.
Annea Lockwood's Soundmap of the Hudson River.
Quite a lot of 19th century composers: Smetana (Die Moldau) and 
Beethoven's 6th to name but two.
In an indirect way quite some of Xenakis work (the stochastic concept of 
the swarm.)

Caleb Deupree wrote:
> 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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