Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ang: Leica Users digest V19 #180
From: Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 07:44:27 -0800
References: <NBBBIDNIGLFOKNLJCPLHKENMFIAA.ddh@home.com>

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

In reply to: Message from "Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com> (RE: [Leica] Ang: Leica Users digest V19 #180)