pHinnWebOct 29, 2023

What did John Cage really teach in Viitasaari? By Juhani Nuorvala.

#JohnCage #ChanceOperations #AleatoricMusic #JuhaniNuorvala #TimeOfMusic #TimeOfMusicFestival #Viitasaari #Finland #1980s

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What did John Cage really teach in Viitasaari?

Summer 2023 marked 40 years since John Cage visited the Time of Music festival in Viitasaari. There are clichéd narratives still circulating about the snapping

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Thomas DreherJul 11, 2023
John Cage: Water Walk, 1959. Notation for piano, tape, cymbals, 5 radios, water/ice steam, realized by Cage as TV performance. More informations: Dreher, Thomas: John Cage - kommentierte Chronologie. In: Bischoff, Ulrich (ed.): Kunst als Grenzbeschreitung: John Cage und die Moderne. Cat. of exhib. Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst, Munich 1991, p.234f. PDF: https://dreher.netzliteratur.net/1_Cage_Chronologie.pdf #johncage #thomasdreher #experimentalmusic #chanceoperations #tvperformance #fiftiesmusic #musicasperformance
Thomas DreherJun 8, 2023
John Cage: Water Music, spring 1952. Third: notation. First and second: David Tudor performing Water Music in Darmstadt, 1958. Photographer unknown. Collection Getty Museum, Los Angeles. More informations: Dreher, Thomas: John Cage - Kommentierte Chronologie, p.229f. PDF: https://dreher.netzliteratur.net/1_Cage_Chronologie.pdf #johncage #davidtudor #thomasdreher #chanceoperations #experimentalnotation #experimentalnotations #experimentalmusic #experimentalmusician #musicfifties #fiftiesmusic #actionmusic #soundart
Thomas DreherMay 14, 2023
John Cage: Fontana Mix, 1958. Notation published by C.F. Peters Corp. (EP 6712). More informations: Dreher, Thomas: John Cage - kommentierte Chronology. In: Bischoff, Ulrich (ed.): Kunst als Grenzbeschreitung: John Cage und die Moderne. Cat. exhibit. Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst, Munich 1991, p.234. PDF: http://dreher.netzliteratur.net/1_Cage_Chronologie.pdf #johncage #thomasdreher #chanceoperations #simultaneity #americanmusic #fiftiesmusic #experimentalnotation #experimentalnotations #experimentalmusic
Robert van VlietNov 12, 2022

I sorta side-stepped the whole #introduction thing yesterday with my brace of hashtags, so here’s a little something.

Among other things, I’m a substitute #teacher and #tutor (elementary thru high school). For several hours each morning, I try to be a #poet. For the last few years, I’ve been employing #ChanceOperations to build things that sometimes resemble poems.

Also, I have a chapbook coming out — soonish, I’m told — from above/ground press.