Subject: Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.
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- From: Rob Haskins <>
- To: Christopher McIntyre <>
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- Subject: [silence] Re: Music for____ notation question
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:45:50 -0400
I don't have the trombone part in front of me, but my guess is that the small notes are small because they are notated in proportional notation (where space equals time) and are too close together to have been notated using standard-sized noteheads. If you want to send me a scan of the page, I can confirm that for you.
All best,
RH
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University of New Hampshire
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On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Christopher McIntyre <> wrote:
Dear Silencers,
I'm playing the trombone part from Music for___ with the New York group Ne(x)tworks this Thursday night. My question relates to note head size. In my part there are 2 sizes, average and very small. Cage did not include any information in the performance note and other investigations (Pritchett, online) offer no information. I'm well aware of how note head size differences work in Concert and Atlas Eclipticalis for example, but in this case, very specific dynamics are indicated that contradict the operation of these earlier pieces.Any clarification would be much appreciated. Thanks!cjm
Rob Haskins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Music, College of Liberal Arts
University of New Hampshire
M-105, Paul Creative Arts Center
30 Academic Way
Durham, NH 03824
603-862-3987 (office)
603-862-3155 (fax)
<http://unh.edu/music/>
<http://robhaskins.net>
<http://musicandmiscellaneous.blogspot.com/>
- [silence] Music for____ notation question, Christopher McIntyre, 10/01/2012
- [silence] Re: Music for____ notation question, Rob Haskins, 10/01/2012
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