Klarinet Archive - Posting 000427.txt from 1996/11

From: Carol Robbins <nw78stu@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: 4' 33" for clarinet
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:55:04 -0500

>On Sun, 17 Nov 1996, GREG BAKER wrote:
>
>> I've got a great idea! I just got off the classical music group, where they
>> were discussing recordings of John Cage's 4' 33". I"ve wanted to do this
for a
>> long time, but I want everyone's opinion on it. Here's the deal:
>>
>> For my next (which would actually be my first) solo recital, I have my
>> stagehand bring out a triple Blayman peg, with a B-flat, A, and an ephur on
> it.
>> I sit in the middle of the stage, putting a different clarinet across my lap
> to
>> distinguish between the different movements. :)
>
>I'm sure our musicologist friends would object strenuously to this
>"transcription" of Cage's work. Since the composer conceived of it on the
>piano, it would be a sacrilige to "play" it on another instrument! The
>effect just wouldn't be the same! ;-)
>
>Ed Lacy
>*****************************************************************
>Dr. Edwin Lacy University of Evansville
>Professor of Music 1800 Lincoln Avenue
> Evansville, IN 47722
>el2@-----.edu (812)479-2754
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>Actually, John Cage composed it so that it can be performed by any
instrument or group of instruments. Just a bit of info I learned while
doing a research paper about aleatoric music.

Carol Robbins

   
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