[sdiy] Don't hit anybody where it hurts....

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Peter Grenader <pgrenader at mksound.com>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Don't hit anybody where it hurts....
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 07:33:41 -0700

> Wout brings up a good point here - 4 33 was a etude on silence, not 'rests'
> as I put it B4.
> 
> The piece was actually written for solo piano.  The performer sits on the
> piano stand and opens the the cover. 4 minutes and 33 seconds later, the
> performer closes the cover.   I have heard many different descriptions of
> the performance, including the performer holding their hand frozen above the
> keys for the duration, but this instruction is not listed in the notes.

I've seen it being performed with a smaller parade-band of some sort,
with a conductor... ensuring everyone paused on the beat! ;O)

Don't say Swedish national TV is all junk!

> The ulitmate in fluxus and painful to some for sure.  But hey...it only
> lasts 4 and a half minutes.  The antithesis surely being the work of LeMonte
> Young:  Two beading sine tones with no apparent envelope that shift a
> billionth of a 1/4 tone over a 30 minute period.
> 
> For me, Cage's work is much more thought-provoking than Young's.

I tend to aggree there.

Cheers,
Magnus