Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Stefano Pocci <>]

On 07.10.2016 21:58, Eric Theise wrote:
> Derek Beaulieu's posted an image of the program for the famous 
> Vexations concert organized by Cage in 1963.
>
> https://twitter.com/derekbeaulieu/status/780146360792199168
>
> I've never seen this before. I didn't realize that pianists repeated 
> as often as they did–for better or worse, contemporary performances 
> seem to involve many more players–and I also don't remember ever 
> hearing about the punch clock and incentive plan!


Thanks for sharing this, it's a very nice testimony of this first execution.
I have a feeling I have seen it already, but maybe I am mistaking with 
Ornella Volta's "A Mammal's notebook" collection of Satie's writings 
which includes obviously the enigmatic text of Vexation and the history 
of its first public performance organized by Cage in 1963.
On this note, I'll share again for those who haven't seen it yet the 
1963 episode of "I've got a secret" featuring John Cale, one of the 
eighteen pianists that night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mqO-xsRyTM

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Stefano

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