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

[Blaine Vesely]

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There is a good article I have photocopied in my=20
office from Piano Quarterly titled "Why, When,=20
How--and How Not to Prepare a Piano" from Piano=20
Quarterly by Maris/Bunger.  Volume 109, Spring=20
1980, pages 34-40.  I hand it to individuals who=20
are intent to compose or perform prepared piano=20
works, or give them the article citation and they=20
look it up on their own in the library.  Then we=20
talk about it when "we" get to the=20
preparation.  Regarding "The Well-Prepared Piano"=20
by Richard Bunger, I wish he had included the=20
instruction (if my memory is correct) to depress=20
the damper pedal when inserting items in the strings.  Blaine

At 09:18 AM 10/21/2005, you wrote:
>Should read =93=85suggesting those of a piano=85=94
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>From: caut-bounces@ptg.org=20
>[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Becker, Lawrence (beckerlr)
>Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 9:15 AM
>To: ed440@mindspring.com; College and University Technicians
>Subject: RE: [CAUT] John Cage, "The Earth Shall Bear Again"
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>           =93The total desired result has been=20
> achieved if, on completion of the preparation,=20
> one may play the pertinent keys without sensing=20
> that he is playing a piano or even a =93prepared=20
> piano.=94  An instrument having convincingly its=20
> own special characteristic, not even suggestion=20
> those of a piano, must be the result.=94
>John Cage
>Preface to AMORES
>As quoted in The Well-Prepared Piano, Richard Bunger
>1973, The Colorado College Music Press
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>
>We had a graduate student here who became very=20
>adept at the placement of preparations, as well=20
>as being a wonderful pianist/performer.  It was=20
>=91ear-opening=92 to hear an entire percussion=20
>ensemble issue from his piano, and quite musical.
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>So listening and learning, trial and error are=20
>necessary to getting a good preparation.  I=92m=20
>not familiar with =93The Earth Shall Bear Again=94,=20
>but if the preparations are at all extensive, we=20
>found it best to just set aside an older,=20
>ill-favored Baldwin M that the student could=20
>leave the preparations in from first rehearsal=20
>until after the performance.  Kind of like not=20
>having to regulate a piano every time you want to play it.
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>My limited experience.
>
>Lawrence
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>Lawrence Becker, RPT
>Piano Technician
>College-Conservatory of Music
>University of Cincinnati
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