Klarinet Archive - Posting 000728.txt from 2001/09

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: Re: [kl] : Re: [kl] Silence is Golden
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:56:56 -0400

I have to jump in here. I didn't think much of Cage's music till I had the
opportunity to participate in rehearsals and a performance with
him. Silence is important in all music to create tension, or release or
contrast. Beethoven's music depends upon it. Listen to (better yet read
or play, if you can) the music for prepared piano or the string
quartet. Listen to the contrast between strict rhythms and no rhythms at
all. A lot more thought went into some of this music than is immediately
apparent. While I have no time for some of his works, I value others.

Allen

At 03:06 PM 9/19/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
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> >His organ music didn`t begin with 16 months of silence. There
> >were services every week in that very church, interrupting and destroying
> >Cage`s silences ... All written by composers who spent just a little of
> >their time putting pen to paper.
> >Enough said? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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>More than enough said. In all probability, the silence is the best of his
>"music" that will ever be heard.
>
>Jim
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