Re: [microsound] re: the Cage fire...

[Bob Boster <boster@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 22:29 07/11/2003 -0400, ndk wrote:
>Regarding Cage and records, am I missing something? His latter body of
>compositions usually relied heavily on indeterminacy.  Anyone could make
>a pretty strong point that manufactured recordings of works relying on
>indeterminacy pretty much negate that concept as a listening experience
>barring some gimmick. On the other hand quite a few of his works
>including a substantial body of earlier material function more or less
>as standard classical music without mitigating factors.

bb> I think the above is a basically true statement, but another aspect of 
indeterminacy was the idea that OTHER sounds would become part of the 
work.  In that sense, I think the recordings DO work after the fact because 
of the unique quality of each listening environment and the various 
contexts we all listen to things in.

After 4:33, it seems everything was open to the idea that only part of the 
work is being done on stage and the rest happens in the room, in the 
audience, the sounds from outside, etc.

Hence my experience of _Sonatas & Interludes_ on my stereo in my living 
room is shared with the sounds of traffic from a couple miles away and the 
occasional outburst of the kids playing in the backyard next door.  Your 
experience of it on your MP3 player on the subway is filled with a 
completely different set of additions.  Pretty indeterminate if you ask me.

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