Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And let's not forget Schoenberg's comment that Cage was not a composer of music, but a composer of genius. Guy >"You are not a composer, you cannot hear what you write." Messian to John >Cage > >Julian >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 5:32 AM >Subject: RE: [Leica] Ang: Leica Users digest V19 #180 > > >"I have nothing to say, and I am saying it." >-- John Cage > >To which, Göran Bjerklow replies, "Under sportlovsveckan (v 10) är jag ledig >må-ti-to-fre, dock i tjänst onsdagen 7 mars." > >The man is brilliant! > >Dan > >> I, for one, read each repetition of Göran Bjerklow's post, which could be >> seen as the email equivalent of the work of certain early minimalist >> composers, Terry Riley's "In C," and Steve Reich's early tape loop >> compositions, most notably "Come out" and "It's gonna rain," immediately >> come to mind. >> >> For those of us having problems with Mr. Bjerklow's piece, I suggest the >> following approach developped by John Cage (who considered himself an >> maximalist): >> >> If something is boring for two minutes, try it for four. >> If it is still boring at four minutes, try it for eight. >> If it is still boring at eight minutes, try if for sixteen. >> >> Continue in this fashion until it becomes interesting. >> >> Guy