33 Musicians On What John Cage Communicates John Cage in The Hague, Netherlands, 1988 Paul Bergen/Courtesy of Redferns hide caption toggle caption Paul Bergen/Courtesy of Redferns John Cage in The Hague, Netherlands, 1988 100 years ago today, John Cage was born. Cage was known throughout his career for experimental, indeterminant avant-garde compositions. We turned his question around, and present here 33 musicians responding to this prompt: John Cage, what does he communicate?
Fabergé egg Valuable jewelled egg A Fabergé egg (Russian: яйцо Фаберже, romanized: yaytso Faberzhe) is a jewelled egg created by the jewellery firm House of Fabergé, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. As many as 69 were created, of which 57 survive today. Virtually all were manufactured under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé between 1885 and 1917.[1][2] The most famous are his 52 "Imperial" eggs, 46 of which survive, made for the Russian emperors Alexander III and Nicholas II as Easter gifts for their wives and mothers.[3] Fabergé eggs are worth millions of dollars and have become symbols of opulence.[4] History[edit] The House of Fabergé was founded by Gustav Fabergé in 1842 in St. Before Easter 1885, Alexander III's brother Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich suggested that Peter Carl Fabergé create a jeweled egg. Maria was so delighted by the gift that Alexander appointed Fabergé a "goldsmith by special appointment to the Imperial Crown" and commissioned another egg the next year. List of eggs[edit]
Art music Art music (also known as serious music,[1] erudite music,[2] or legitimate music[3][4] (often shortened to legit music)),[5] is an umbrella term used to refer to musical traditions implying advanced structural and theoretical considerations[6] and a written musical tradition.[7] The notion of art music is a frequent and well defined musicological distinction, e.g., referred to by musicologist Philip Tagg as one of an "axiomatic triangle consisting of 'folk', 'art' and 'popular' musics."[8] He explains that each of these three is distinguishable from the others according to certain criteria.[8] The main tradition in the Western world is usually called classical music. In this regard, it is frequently used as a contrasting term to popular music and traditional or folk music.[7][9][10] The term also covers non-Western classical traditions such as Chinese classical music and Traditional Japanese music.[citation needed] Definition[edit] Characteristics[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]
Silence And Sound: Five Ways Of Understanding John Cage : Deceptive Cadence hide captionComposer, conceptual artist and professional provocateur John Cage, in a 1966 portrait. Victor Drees/Getty Images Composer, conceptual artist and professional provocateur John Cage, in a 1966 portrait. Today, exactly 100 years after his birth, composer, writer and conceptual artist John Cage is still, for many, Public Enemy No. 1. But Cage was no flim-flam artist; 4'33" wasn't silent and it wasn't a joke at all. His habit of putting a frame around chance encounters and stamping those cosmic accidents with his own signature may well anger you, but at the very least he forces you to reconsider your expectations and assumptions. While it is true that he could have disseminated his ideas via the ministry (a path he considered early on, before he was introduced to Buddhism), visual art (ditto), or more primarily as a writer or as a philosopher, music and live performance were his main modes of expression. 5 Ways Of Understanding John Cage Sonatas And Interludes 'Indeterminacy'
Language of Flowers The language of flowers, sometimes called floriography, is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, and some form of floriography has been practiced in traditional cultures throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Plants and flowers are used as symbols in the Hebrew Bible — particularly of love and lovers in the Song of Songs,[1] as an emblem for the Israelite people[2] and for the coming Messiah[3] — and of Jesus Christ in the New Testament.[4] In Western Culture, William Shakespeare ascribed emblematic meanings to flowers, especially in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Interest in floriography soared in Victorian England and in the United States during the 19th century. History[edit] Floriography was popularized in France about 1810–1850, while in Britain it was popular during the Victorian age (roughly 1820–1880), and in the United States about 1830–1850. Meanings[edit] See also[edit]
'Chilly' Gonzales: 'I like to be married to lots of people' | Music | The Observer It is sweltering in the north-west Parisian suburb of La Frette-sur-Seine on the afternoon I arrive to meet the performer known once again as "Chilly" Gonzales. Behind an unmarked iron gate lies a rambling, 19th-century manor house, converted into a residential recording studio in the late 60s by French producer Eddie Barclay. It is currently home to Gonzales and the singer Leslie Feist, who are working on the follow-up to her million-selling album The Reminder. "Welcome to paradise," says the newly clean-shaven Gonzales as he shows me inside. "We did one big grocery shop when we arrived and we're not going to leave all week." The studio seems more suited to Feist's ethereal beauty than it is to him. "Chilly" Gonzales, aka "Gonzo", aka Gonzales, aka 38-year-old Canadian Jason Charles Beck, is a producer, a classically trained pianist, a comedian-cum-cabaret artist, a film-maker and a left-field pop star in his own right who runs a gamut of styles.
The John Cage Century John Cage would have been a hundred years old tomorrow. Scratch that: Cage is a hundred. He remains a palpably vivid presence, still provoking thought, still spurring argument, still spreading sublime mischief. He may have surpassed Stravinsky as the most widely cited, the most famous and/or notorious, of twentieth-century composers. I’ve attended quite a few Cage concerts this year—an event at Juilliard’s FOCUS! The global scope of the Cage celebrations has surprised even the composer’s most committed admirers. Even if a Cage event isn’t within easy reach, you can still mark the day by listening to the world around you with open ears. Photograph by Vincent Mentzel 1988/Hollandse Hoogte/Redux.
Bayeux Tapestry The Bayeux Tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux, IPA: [tapisʁi də bajø], Norman: La telle du conquest) is an embroidered cloth—not an actual tapestry—nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings. According to Sylvette Lemagnen, conservator of the tapestry, The Bayeux tapestry is one of the supreme achievements of the Norman Romanesque ... Its survival almost intact over nine centuries is little short of miraculous ... Its exceptional length, the harmony and freshness of its colors, its exquisite workmanship, and the genius of its guiding spirit combine to make it endlessly fascinating.[1] The tapestry consists of some fifty scenes with Latin tituli (captions), embroidered on linen with coloured woollen yarns. Origins[edit] Alternative theories exist. Construction, design and technique[edit]
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