Re: [microsound] mp3.com submissions

[gg <gg2g4ink@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sean Cooper <scooper@xxxxxxxx> asked:
> what is lowercase? i've heard of the list, but what does it mean in
musical/compositional terms?

As coined by Steve Roden, "lowercase music" bears "...a certain sense of
quiet and humility; it doesn't demand attention, it must be discovered. The
work might imply one thing on the surface but contain other things beneath.
It's the opposite of capital letters - loud things which draw attention to
themselves. [Morton] Feldman is the perfect lower case music; it seems
serene, but there is much going on beneath the quiet exterior."

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"Music is the space between the notes." - Claude Debussy

np: Martin Tétreault/René Lussier - Qu'ouïse-je? (Ambiances Magnetiques)