[CAUT] John Cage, "The Earth Shall Bear Again"

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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Jeff, Call it what it is NOISE.
Joe Goss RPT
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  From: Jeff Tanner=20
  To: College and University Technicians=20
  Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:36 AM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] John Cage, "The Earth Shall Bear Again"




  On Oct 5, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Otto Keyes wrote:


    My vote is to let the earth bear it....again.....give the rest of us =
a break

    outside the cage...




    Otto





  Well, I would vote with you, but it is beginning to look like my =
preferences and suggestions that prepared piano accelerates piano wear =
are being totally ignored. =20


  "I just want to do something different"=20


  "but it sounds so cool"


  Yeah, some people probably think the sound of an airliner colliding =
with a tall building sounds cool and different too.


  Anyhow, I agreed to help her with the preparation.  This piece didn't =
look too involved as long as she lets me help.  Rather do it that way =
than find a bunch of maimed damper felt and broken strings.  The problem =
is going to become that she will want to rehearse it on a prepared =
practice room piano from now till March. =20


  Question is this:  the instructions give exact distance from the =
damper to place the screws, bolts, etc.  How much does piano make and =
model affect what Cage was after?  (I mean, really, was there really a =
method to his madness? or was this guy just really doing some serious =
d-basing?)  When he says "bamboo", is it a "slice" of large bamboo or a =
"tube" of smaller diameter bamboo (like what he was using to snort coke? =
maybe a doobie holder?)?  green or dried?  and what is usually used for =
the "plastic" weaved around the low A, Bb, and B?  Drink straw maybe? =
(see snort)


  No. I'm sorry. I just can't take this music form seriously.  But some =
people want to give it merit.


  Jeff
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