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Re: [microsound] Dialtones - A Telesymphony



> It's not the famed premiere of Le Sacre, but I have one such recording
> of Cage's 12'55.6078", (recorded in 1954 at the Donaueschingen Music
> Festival), where you can hear people divided in two camps:  those
> laughing on and on because of the strange sounds produced by the two
> prepared pianos, and those shouting "silence!" and hushing.
>
> This piece is an excerpt of 34'46.776", because the organizers persuaded
> Cage to reduce its length fearing the worst.


I wonder how he felt about the laughers.  They really seemed to get a kick
out of the percussive sounds as well as the whistling sounds.  They would
laugh wildly at those specific type sounds.  I know he would insert objects
and what not into the strings of pianos, but i wonder what other methods did
he employ to get that wide range of sounds that he coaxed from the pianos.
Some of those drawn out whistles type sounds, loud percussion, and drawn out
drones have me curious as to how he ahcieved this.  Anyone faniliar with the
extent of which he manipulated the paino?


aLEKs