Musical Sculpture - Marcel Duchamp. Edgard Varèse - Amériques. ‘Where the Heart Beats,’ John Cage Biography, by Kay Larson.
NewMusicbox. In his final definition of music—”sounds heard”—John Cage put the responsibility for the existence of a musical experience not on composers or interpreters, but on the audience. But Cage’s elevation of the listener to a primary position of musical power above and beyond the people on stage or in the studio has taken on perhaps many unintentional ironies, particularly now that we live in a world with buzzwords like “audience friendly” and where musicians have even been castigated for discouraging the use of mobile recorders at concerts. However, if indeed music results more from the audience than the folks supplying what the audience is listening to, what should the role of the audience be and what rights does an audience have?
Last week I finally caught up with audiophile Steve Guttenberg’s provocative essay, “Why can’t you listen to music?” For the CNET Blog Network. To this day I can’t bring myself to walk around with earbuds in my head. Surreal Dadaist Futurism. Desire Unbound (2001) 1 Darius Milhaud - Le Carnaval D'aix For Piano & Orchestra - Mvmts. 1-4 6:32 2 Bela Bartók - Concerto For Orchestra - Giuoco Delle Coppie 6:40 3 Maurice Ravel - Boléro 13:35 4 Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra - Introduction 1:40 5 Louis Durey - Sontaine Op. 25 - Assez Animé 3:15 6 Francis Poulenc - Concerto For 2 Pianos In D Minor - Finale 5:54 7 Erik Satie - Relâche - Acte 1 8:48 8 Arthur Honegger - Symphonie No. 1 - Allego Marcato 5:55 9 Germaine Tailleferre - Sonata For Violin & Piano - Scherzo 3:26 This CD is a companion to the exhibition: Surrealism: Desire Unbound, held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art at Tate Modern, London.
Running Time: 55:45 Surrealism Reviewed (2002) Artwork By [Front Cover Image - This Morning] - Yves Tanguy 'The definitive collection of original spoken word recordings by Surrealist artists, writers and poets, made between 1929 and 1963' An LTM compact disc, 2002. Comes in a standard jewel case with tweve page booklet. 1. Feldman: "Rothko Chapel"