I couldn't resist posting just a few more John Cage links before this space gets back to being all-Copland all the time.
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A 4'33" Story - John Cage at 100
Music, what does it communicate?
Is what’s clear to me clear to you?
Is music just sounds?
Then what does it communicate?
Is a truck passing by music?
If I can see it, do I have to hear it too?
If I don’t hear it, does it still communicate?
If while I see it I can’t hear it, but hear something else, say an egg-beater, because I’m inside looking out, does the truck communicate or the egg-beater, which communicates?
Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?
-John Cage, Silence
Happy 100th, John Cage! What if share my own favorite experience with John Cage and his infamous 4'33"?
Joys of a new season
I went to Wegmans the other day, and lo, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Have you seen the plastic bags of Halloween candy stacked up like sandbags? Thanksgiving decorations spilling out of displays? Really? So soon?
Please, press the pause button.
Copland Summer: Notes from the Road, Seeing Sound
In which I go away, come back, explain little, and we all go off on a merry little tangent.
When I wasn't riding roller coasters, visiting museums, and otherwise touristing in Cleveland last week, I did get to enjoy some quality time reading about Copland. I even took notes:
Charles Ives' memory lives on in Rochester
Dear Reader,
No word yet on the fate of the Charles Ives house. But the last blog post prompted this interesting response from Classical 91.5 listener David Kirkpatrick.
Ives' house faces demolition, Bartók cabin saved
On Monday, August 13, Charles Ives’ house may be saved from destruction.
Something Lies Beyond the Scene
They say magic happens in summer music festivals. They don't lie.
Copland Summer: Simplicity and Objectivity
So many things running around my head this afternoon, and I’m not sure how to organize them all. Maybe a list?
Art Interlude
Copland summer reading is going well, and I'll post an update next week on what I'm learning. I'm not sure if this will lead to any grander conclusions that I so optimistically predicted last week, but I'm having a lot of fun reading about Copland's life - where and how he lived and worked, along with his connections with other musicians, artists, and writers.
Enough - this post is not about Copland - instead, it's about a project that was completed in fewer hours than it will take me to read that book: the Wall\Therapy mural at The Little Theatre.