Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Richard Leigh <>]

The link to the New York Times article by Margaret Leng Tan didn't work by the time I got to it; but the article can be found in the LINKS section of her own  website.

Richard Leigh

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Table of contents:

1. [silence] Performance of Imaginary Landscape No. 1 - "" <>
2. [silence] 20th anniversary - Tom Bickley <>
3. [silence] Prom 47 - Keith Voles <>
4. [silence] Re: 20th anniversary - Rod Stasick <>
5. [silence] Re: Prom 47 - Joseph Zitt <>
6. [silence] Unfinished works - Dionysis Boukouvalas <>
7. [silence] Re: Re: 20th anniversary - Tom Bickley <>
8. [silence] Re: Re: Re: 20th anniversary - Jared Steward <>
9. [silence] Centennial event in Paris (20-22 September) - antonia rigaud <>
10. [silence] Cage Film Festival - San Francisco - Sept 22 - Richard Friedman <>


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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:15:31 GMT
From: "" <>
Subject: [silence] Performance of Imaginary Landscape No. 1

Ivana, Our recording of the Cage piece (which is audio + a slideshow on Mode
DVD 229) used two records to provide the tones that were originally provided by
RCA (Victor) 84519: a Brunswick 1,000-cyle constant-note disc, plus an HMV disc
that includes a 200-cycle track. These were used by turntable player one;
player two used Victor Frequency Record 84522, which - on side A - contains a
single, unbroken glissando that's punctuated by a buzzer signal at key
frequencies. My impression is that 78 rpm frequency-test discs are fairly
scarce, since only a very dedicated subset of record collectors would consider
keeping these. The records we used are now in the possession of Percussion
Group Cincinnati's Allen Otte. Cage's original performance / recording of
Landscape No. 1 differs from his autograph score somewhat, so you may want to
review the Mode DVD. Percussion Group Cincinnati's take is to-score, ours
deviates and in fact matches Cage's 1939 performance, which survives on a 33
1/3 transcription disc. It was this disc that was played at the '58 Town Hall
concert. I couldn't locate "transcription" players to use for the recording,
and it wouldn't have been practical if we had been able to find a pair of
late-'30s units, since the steel needle / heavy tonearm combination would have
worn the records rapidly. We knew that the piece would require rehearsal - our
turntablists had to become familiar with this awkward "instrument"- so we opted
to use modern turntables with an electrical switching setup for the 33 1/3 to
78 rpm transitions. It would have been nice to have the audible clunkiness of
the mechanical-clutch turntables of the period, but we had to forego that. If
you're able to find the 78 rpm records needed for Landscape No. 1, consider
playing these on turntables of a recent vintage, possibly something with a
mechanical speed selector. You'll probably need to EQ the output for each disc
that you use so that their frequencies are reproduced accurately (there are EQ
/ noise reduction units available that have presets for different vintage EQ
curves.) Be sure to use the correct stylus. As an alternative, you could use 33
1/3 frequency records to perform the piece. Refer to Cage's autograph score -
or watch Allen Otte's video, which is part of the Mode DVD- this will tell you
what frequencies were produced when the turntables were playing the 78 rpm
records at 33 1/3 rpm. Eric Levin   
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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:04:18 -0700
From: Tom Bickley <>
Subject: [silence] 20th anniversary

Dear Silence readers,

A friend on the east coast reminded me that today (20 Aug 2012) is the 20th
anniversary of John Cage's passing from this life. Here's a link to a piece
Margaret Leng Tan wrote for the NY Times on the 1st anniversary of his
death:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/01/arts/dance-john-cage-poses-a-few-last-questio
ns.html

In gratitude, in silence and sound, Pax, -Tom


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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:53:48 +0100
From: Keith Voles <>
Subject: [silence] Prom 47

Hello

Just in case anybody missed it - there was a fantastic Cage centenary
celebration concert last week at the Albert Hall, London as part of the Proms
season. Nearly 4 hours long, it is available to listen to for free on the BBC
iPlayer together with the interval broadcast "How to Play a Cactus".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lt2wk/BBC_Proms_2012_Season_Prom_47_Joh
n_Cage_Centenary_Celebration_Part_1/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lt2wp/BBC_Proms_2012_Season_Prom_47_Joh
n_Cage_Centenary_Celebration_Part_2/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lt2wm/Twenty_Minutes_How_to_Play_a_Cact
us/

Hopefully this is useful news to some and not spam

Regards

Keith


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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:00:32 -0500
From: Rod Stasick <>
Subject: [silence] Re: 20th anniversary

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Thanks for the link.

BTW: Cage died on August 12, not August 20.

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On Aug 21, 2012, at 12:04 AM, Tom Bickley wrote:

> Dear Silence readers,
>
> A friend on the east coast reminded me that today (20 Aug 2012) is the 20th
anniversary of John Cage's passing from this life. Here's a link to a piece
Margaret Leng Tan wrote for the NY Times on the 1st anniversary of his death:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/01/arts/dance-john-cage-poses-a-few-last-questio
ns.html
>
> In gratitude, in silence and sound, Pax, -Tom


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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:12:32 -0400
From: Joseph Zitt <>
Subject: [silence] Re: Prom 47

Thanks! I'll definitely be listening to this. The lineup of performers
is amazing:

John Tilbury (prepared piano / piano) Frank Denyer (piano) Aki
Takahashi (piano) Christian Wolff (piano) Keith Rowe
(guitar/electronics) David Behrman (electronics) Takehisa Kosugi
(electronics) Christian Marclay (improvisation) Adam Bohman (cassette
player) Jonathan Bohman (cassette player) Vicki Bennett (cassette
player) Dylan Nyoukis (cassette player) Karen Constance (cassette
player) Christoph Heemann (cassette player) Steve Beresford (cassette
player) Mariam Rezaie (cassette player) John Butcher (instrumentalist)
Angharad Davies (instrumentalist) Rhodri Davies (instrumentalist)
Patrick Farmer (instrumentalist) Ram Gabay (instrumentalist) Lina
Lapelyte (instrumentalist) John Lely (instrumentalist) Anton
Lukoszevieze (instrumentalist) Robyn Schulkowsky (instrumentalist)
Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga (instrumentalist) Joan La Barbara vocals)

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Keith Voles
<> wrote:
> Hello
>
> Just in case anybody missed it - there was a fantastic Cage centenary
celebration concert last week at the Albert Hall, London as part of the Proms
season. Nearly 4 hours long, it is available to listen to for free on the BBC
iPlayer together with the interval broadcast "How to Play a Cactus".
>
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lt2wk/BBC_Proms_2012_Season_Prom_47_Joh
n_Cage_Centenary_Celebration_Part_1/
>
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lt2wp/BBC_Proms_2012_Season_Prom_47_Joh
n_Cage_Centenary_Celebration_Part_2/
>
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lt2wm/Twenty_Minutes_How_to_Play_a_Cact
us/
>
> Hopefully this is useful news to some and not spam
>
> Regards
>
> Keith



--
Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com/


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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:28:30 +0300
From: Dionysis Boukouvalas <>
Subject: [silence] Unfinished works

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I recall that there used to be references and information about Cage's
unfinished (number) pieces in the John Cage Database
(http://www.johncage.info/).
They seem to be missing now. Where have the relevant entries gone?


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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:31:03 -0700
From: Tom Bickley <>
Subject: [silence] Re: Re: 20th anniversary

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Woops! Well, at least I got one digit right. Thanks, Rod. Pax, Tom

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 21, 2012, at 7:00, Rod Stasick <> wrote:

> Thanks for the link.
>
> BTW: Cage died on August 12, not August 20.
>
> ???????
>
>
> On Aug 21, 2012, at 12:04 AM, Tom Bickley wrote:
>
>> Dear Silence readers,
>>
>> A friend on the east coast reminded me that today (20 Aug 2012) is the 20th
anniversary of John Cage's passing from this life. Here's a link to a piece
Margaret Leng Tan wrote for the NY Times on the 1st anniversary of his death:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/01/arts/dance-john-cage-poses-a-few-last-questio
ns.html
>>
>> In gratitude, in silence and sound, Pax, -Tom
>


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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:26:54 -0400
From: Jared Steward <>
Subject: [silence] Re: Re: Re: 20th anniversary

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Too many 20s and 12s to keep straight!

Jared
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On Aug 21, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Tom Bickley <> wrote:

> Woops! Well, at least I got one digit right. Thanks, Rod. Pax, Tom
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 21, 2012, at 7:00, Rod Stasick <> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the link.
>>
>> BTW: Cage died on August 12, not August 20.
>>
>> ???????
>>
>>
>> On Aug 21, 2012, at 12:04 AM, Tom Bickley wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Silence readers,
>>>
>>> A friend on the east coast reminded me that today (20 Aug 2012) is the 20th
anniversary of John Cage's passing from this life. Here's a link to a piece
Margaret Leng Tan wrote for the NY Times on the 1st anniversary of his death:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/01/arts/dance-john-cage-poses-a-few-last-questio
ns.html
>>>
>>> In gratitude, in silence and sound, Pax, -Tom
>>


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Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:29:33 +0000
From: antonia rigaud <>
Subject: [silence] Centennial event in Paris (20-22 September)





Dear
all,



To
those of you in the Paris area, we are organizing a three-day celebration of
John Cage�s centennial from September 20 to 22nd.

The
detailed programme and practical information can be found at the following
address : http://cage-transatlantique.univ-paris3.fr/?q=en

We
are very happy to announce a very full programme, with both French and American
Cage scholars, artists and performers.



Best
wishes,



Antonia
Rigaudfor the organizing committee


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Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:17:34 -0700
From: Richard Friedman <>
Subject: [silence] Cage Film Festival - San Francisco - Sept 22


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