The music of John Cage

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Jeremy Millar | 2 Sep 2009 14:55

Re: Publishers weekly review of "John Cage: Zen Ox-Herding Pictures" by John Cage, Stephen Addiss and Ray Kass

I'm very much looking forward to seeing this.

Hope you're well, Ray.

BW,

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National Maritime Museum, London

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'The Object of the Attack'

David Roberts Art Foundation, London

2 October – 19 December 2009

'The Dark Monarch: Magic and Modernity in British Art'

Tate St Ives

10 October 2009 – 10 January 2010

'Projector'

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

25 November 2009 – 24 January 2010

On 30 Aug 2009, at 18:59, 1715lex wrote:

A review of a new book -

JOHN CAGE: Zen Ox-Herding Pictures
Selected and edited by Stephen Adddis and Ray Kass at the Mountain Lake Workshop
George Braziller, NY, 127 pgs, 60 color illustrations.$34.95

available from Barnes & Noble at special pre-release price online:
John Cage: Zen Ox-Herding Pictures
Stephen Addiss, Ray Kass
Hardcover
$26.21 Online price (Save 25%)
$23.58 Members price
Find out more at Barnes & Noble.com

This book brings together fifty never-before-seen

images made in collaboration with renowned

artist and composer John Cage, revealing the

powerful influence of Zen in his life and work.

These exquisite artifacts date from the 1988

Mountain Lake Workshop, where they served as

preparatory studies to larger endeavors

by Cage. Now nearly two decades later they are

utilized in a new collaboration: as visual images

enlivening the classic “Ten Ox-Herding

Pictures.” The story of this collaboration

draws on resources from Cage’s visual art, lectures,

poetry, and the reflections of his colleagues and

students.

As try-out sheets made in preparation for his watercolor

paintings, each piece comprising this collection of paper

towels was created serendipitously, as if by chance. And

yet they are persistent in their visual exploration of the

medium and appear as a cohesive group. Limited to a

small, subtle palette and a neutral ground, they comprise

a dynamic series in which no two images are alike, and

where the possibilities of the medium are fully and

enthusiastically revealed. Some images seem brittle,

delicate, and on the verge of fading away; some are rich,

dark, crossed by bold and energetic marks; and still others

contain both extremes, as though proposing a possible

balance.

Mountain Lake Workshop founder and director

Ray Kass (who first recognized the beauty of the

artifacts) and Stephen Addiss (scholar, artist,

and student of Cage) provide introductory essays,

discussing their experience with the collaboration.

Juxtaposing Cage’s meditative studies with

the “Ten Ox-Herding Pictures,” a series of images

that has been used to communicate the essence

of Zen for nearly one thousand years, they also

explore fragments of Cage’s poetry and his many

statements about Zen practice. These explorations

provide a fascinating lens through which the reader

can view the Mountain Lake Workshop images,

allowing us to see them as mysterious echoes of

the centuries-old “Ten Ox-Herding Paintings”

themselves—images about searching for, finding,

and returning from the path to enlightenment.

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Eduardo Rodrigo Virgilio | 2 Sep 2009 15:07

Re: Publishers weekly review of "John Cage: Zen Ox-Herding Pictures" by John Cage, Stephen Addiss and Ray Kass

Thank´s Ray

It´s a very good work

best regards

Eduardo

2009/9/2 Jeremy Millar <jeremy <at> jeremymillar.org>

I'm very much looking forward to seeing this.

Hope you're well, Ray.

BW,

J.

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http://www.jeremymillar.org

'Given'

National Maritime Museum, London

28 September 2009 – 17 January 2010

'The Object of the Attack'

David Roberts Art Foundation, London

2 October – 19 December 2009

'The Dark Monarch: Magic and Modernity in British Art'

Tate St Ives

10 October 2009 – 10 January 2010

'Projector'

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

25 November 2009 – 24 January 2010

On 30 Aug 2009, at 18:59, 1715lex wrote:

A review of a new book -

JOHN CAGE: Zen Ox-Herding Pictures
Selected and edited by Stephen Adddis and Ray Kass at the Mountain Lake Workshop
George Braziller, NY, 127 pgs, 60 color illustrations.$34.95

available from Barnes & Noble at special pre-release price online:
John Cage: Zen Ox-Herding Pictures
Stephen Addiss, Ray Kass
Hardcover
$26.21 Online price (Save 25%)
$23.58 Members price
Find out more at Barnes & Noble.com

This book brings together fifty never-before-seen

images made in collaboration with renowned

artist and composer John Cage, revealing the

powerful influence of Zen in his life and work.

These exquisite artifacts date from the 1988

Mountain Lake Workshop, where they served as

preparatory studies to larger endeavors

by Cage. Now nearly two decades later they are

utilized in a new collaboration: as visual images

enlivening the classic “Ten Ox-Herding

Pictures.” The story of this collaboration

draws on resources from Cage’s visual art, lectures,

poetry, and the reflections of his colleagues and

students.

As try-out sheets made in preparation for his watercolor

paintings, each piece comprising this collection of paper

towels was created serendipitously, as if by chance. And

yet they are persistent in their visual exploration of the

medium and appear as a cohesive group. Limited to a

small, subtle palette and a neutral ground, they comprise

a dynamic series in which no two images are alike, and

where the possibilities of the medium are fully and

enthusiastically revealed. Some images seem brittle,

delicate, and on the verge of fading away; some are rich,

dark, crossed by bold and energetic marks; and still others

contain both extremes, as though proposing a possible

balance.

Mountain Lake Workshop founder and director

Ray Kass (who first recognized the beauty of the

artifacts) and Stephen Addiss (scholar, artist,

and student of Cage) provide introductory essays,

discussing their experience with the collaboration.

Juxtaposing Cage’s meditative studies with

the “Ten Ox-Herding Pictures,” a series of images

that has been used to communicate the essence

of Zen for nearly one thousand years, they also

explore fragments of Cage’s poetry and his many

statements about Zen practice. These explorations

provide a fascinating lens through which the reader

can view the Mountain Lake Workshop images,

allowing us to see them as mysterious echoes of

the centuries-old “Ten Ox-Herding Paintings”

themselves—images about searching for, finding,

and returning from the path to enlightenment.

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Karl K. Richichi | 2 Sep 2009 15:34

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. CAGE!

AUSTIN CHAMBER MUSIC CENTER
CELEBRATES
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. CAGE!
THE NINTH ANNUAL HAPPENING FOR THE INVENTIONS OF JOHN CAGE

FEATURING MICHELLE SCHUMANN
PERFORMING THE COMPLETE SONATAS AND INTERLUDES FOR PREPARED PIANO

WHAT: Ninth Annual Happy Birthday Mr. Cage
WHEN: Friday, September 4 at 7:30pm
WHERE: First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover. Austin, Texas
COST: $10 per person
PROGRAM: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano

In this year's installment, Schumann will relive the complete Sonatas and Interludes, Cage's most
ambitious set of works for prepared piano. Schumann's preparation of the piano is accomplished by
following a complex set of Cage's instructions in which screws, bolts, rubber, wood, weather striping,
pencil erasers, and various other found objects are inserted into the piano at prescribed points along
the strings. When played, the piano becomes both tonally and rhythmically unique. It is at once
aggressively percussive and subtly melodic - a piano made of drums and bells, sounding both rattles and rings.

Through the Sonatas and Interludes, Cage sought out to exemplify the emotional impact that music had on the
mind. His muse was the "Indian Theory of Nine Permanent Emotions" and Cage used the twenty four movements
of the piece to explore various emotions including Black Emotions such as fear, anger, sorrow, disgust;
and White Emotions such as heroicism, eroticism, mirth, and wonder. All emotions ultimately culminate
in the ultimate state of tranquility. The Sonatas and Interludes carry the trajectory of emotional
thought throughout and resonate a powerful and human spirit. Soon after writing this work in 1946, Cage
began to discover that perhaps music's most important purpose was not to engage the emotions, but rather
"to quiet and sober the mind." Thus, the Sonatas and Interludes rem
ain an important and rare insight into Cage's compositional thought process as an'emotional' composer.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through ACMC on www.austinchambermusic.org, by calling (512)
454-7562, or at the door. Season package discounts are also available.

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David Miller | 2 Sep 2009 22:39

Re: more Mesostics

Buona sera, Stefano,

I've recently seen a couple of mesostics that I don't recall being
published elsewhere. They are in "alla ricerca del silenzio perduto", the
book/CD/DVD set dedicated to Cage's prepared train project of 1978. (A
wonderful publication, incidentally, published by Baskerville in Bologna,
2008.) There are two mesostics there on the name of Tito Gotti, on p. 45.

Best wishes,

David
(Boston, US)

> Hi there, after tripping over a couple of 1991 mesostics dedicated to
> Meister Eckhart and Demetrio Stratos featured inside two italian books
> on John Cage (the recent Mudima volume and the older Marcos y Marcos
> book respectively) I was wondering where I could find more mesostics
> like those.
>
> I'm waiting for M, a book focusing mainly on mesostics, which should
> cover the 1967-72 phase according to its title but since I know that
> Cage used to write these little poems for special occasions such as his
> friends' birthdays I'd like to know if a collection of this later type
> of mesostics exists.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> --
>
> Stefano
>
>
>                Maestro Duchamp o vivere sull'acqua
>
>
>                 raggiungere l'iMpossibilità
>                           in prEsenza
>                               dI due oggetti
>                                Simili
>                         di idenTificarli
>                con l'impronta dElla
>                            memoRia
>
>                               sEgui la tua regola e avanza dritto
>                                Camminerai fino al posto giusto
>       non tener d'occhio altro Ke il vuoto
>     non dire a te stesso forse Ho visto giusto o forse no
>                           questA è la via
>                  che ti fa andaRe
>                              olTre senza alcun timore
>
>
>                     (John Cage - Aprile 1991)

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UbuWeb | 3 Sep 2009 04:24

September UbuWeb Featured Resources - Selected by Hans Ulrich Obrist

Ten Oulipian-inspired UbuWeb Resources: 

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/09/september-ubuweb-featured-resources-selected-by-hans-ulrich-obrist/

UbuWeb
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Rod Stasick | 20 Sep 2009 19:54

Galerie Stihl in Waiblingen

I hope that some of you got to go to the wonderful Cage exhibit

called "Kunst = Leben" (famous Beuys phrase) that was presented

at Galerie Stihl in Waiblingen. Today is the last day I'm sad to say,

but the published box that's associated with the exhibit reminds me

of the Rolywholyover box that was available in '93 (but not metal).

It is filled with artwork, catalogs, brochures, and other bits

and was quite a steal at only €24(!) It's interesting to note

that the gallery is named for Hans Peter Stihl of the world's largest

chainsaw manufacturer - the offices of which are located

there in Waiblingen.

Various links here:

http://tinyurl.com/ngxvfa

http://www.galerie-stihl-waiblingen.de/

http://tinyurl.com/mukmhg

best to all,

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Neely Bruce | 11 Sep 2009 20:59

Silent Music again

Dear Silencers -- A few months back there was a 
lively listing of pieces which contain great 
amounts of silence.  In rereading this exchange I 
note that there is no mention of "Organ and 
Silence," a piece by Tom Johnson which is 
approximately .75 percent silent.  There are 
twenty-eight movements for organ solo, and the 
entire set takes almost exactly 2 hours to 
perform.  About an hour and a half are silent, at 
least the organist doesn't make any sounds.

I just played this piece at the 2nd International 
Conference on Music and Minimalism in Kansas 
City, Missouri.  I will be playing it several 
more times in the next year or so in the USA and 
perhaps outside of this country as well.  Updates 
about these performances will be posted on the 
Silence list as they are appropriate.  Soon I 
will be posting a blog or two about the Johnson 
piece, which is extraordinary in all regards, on 
my website, www.neelybrucemusic.com.

Thanks to all of you who listed all of the 
magnificent titles, websites, etc., back in 
January.  BTW, Tom Johnson gave a lecture about 
(among other things) silent pieces at the 
Minimalist Conference in which he referred many 
times to the Wandelweiser group.  He also spoke 
about the following piece from 1897, which seems 
to be the first totally silent composition.

-- Neely Bruce

* * * * *
Marche Funèbre, composée pour les Funérailles 
d'un grand homme sourd, by Alphonse Allais.  This 
work consists of 24 equal measures containing 
nothing (no clef signs, no time signatures, of 
course no notes -- just a five-line staff and 
equidistant bar lines).  The author writes in his 
preface:

"L'auteur de cette Marche funèbre s'est inspiré, 
dans sa composition, de ce principe, accepté par 
tout le monde, que les grandes douleurs sont 
muettes.

"Ces grandes douleurs étant muettes, les 
exécutants devront uniquement s'occuper à compter 
des mesures, au lieu de se livrer à ce tapage 
indécent qui retire tout caractére auguste aux 
meilleures obsèques."
--

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telephone (860) 685-2578
FAX (860) 685-2651

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Pauley, John-Bede | 23 Sep 2009 22:38

Re: silence Digest, Vol 88, Issue 7

Would anyone happen to have compiled a list of the pieces that were mentioned a few months ago?  I joined
Silence list after the exchange, alas.

Please feel free to contact me off-list (jpauley <at> csbsju.edu) unless there seems to be a demand for sharing
the list of pieces again.

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Dear Silencers -- A few months back there was a 
lively listing of pieces which contain great 
amounts of silence.  In rereading this exchange I 
note that there is no mention of "Organ and 
Silence," a piece by Tom Johnson which is 
approximately .75 percent silent.  There are 
twenty-eight movements for organ solo, and the 
entire set takes almost exactly 2 hours to 
perform.  About an hour and a half are silent, at 
least the organist doesn't make any sounds.

I just played this piece at the 2nd International 
Conference on Music and Minimalism in Kansas 
City, Missouri.  I will be playing it several 
more times in the next year or so in the USA and 
perhaps outside of this country as well.  Updates 
about these performances will be posted on the 
Silence list as they are appropriate.  Soon I 
will be posting a blog or two about the Johnson 
piece, which is extraordinary in all regards, on 
my website, www.neelybrucemusic.com.

Thanks to all of you who listed all of the 
magnificent titles, websites, etc., back in 
January.  BTW, Tom Johnson gave a lecture about 
(among other things) silent pieces at the 
Minimalist Conference in which he referred many 
times to the Wandelweiser group.  He also spoke 
about the following piece from 1897, which seems 
to be the first totally silent composition.

-- Neely Bruce

* * * * *
Marche Fun?bre, compos?e pour les Fun?railles 
d'un grand homme sourd, by Alphonse Allais.  This 
work consists of 24 equal measures containing 
nothing (no clef signs, no time signatures, of 
course no notes -- just a five-line staff and 
equidistant bar lines).  The author writes in his 
preface:

"L'auteur de cette Marche fun?bre s'est inspir?, 
dans sa composition, de ce principe, accept? par 
tout le monde, que les grandes douleurs sont 
muettes.

"Ces grandes douleurs ?tant muettes, les 
ex?cutants devront uniquement s'occuper ? compter 
des mesures, au lieu de se livrer ? ce tapage 
ind?cent qui retire tout caract?re auguste aux 
meilleures obs?ques."
--

-- 
Neely Bruce
nbruce <at> wesleyan.edu
telephone (860) 685-2578
FAX (860) 685-2651

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Philip Schuessler | 25 Sep 2009 19:19

Performers for Black Mountain College Lecture in October

I am a composer who will be participating in the Re-Viewing Black Mountain College Conference at
UNC-Asheville in October, and I am looking for performers for a lecture I will be giving.

I am currently looking for performers, of any level of proficiency, residing or working in the Asheville,
North Carolina area who may be interested in performing on a piece that I will be presenting at a conference
on Black Mountain College on October 10th.  The performance group that was lined up to perform had to cancel.

The piece is a lecture-performance on John Cage's activities at Black Mountain College in the late 40's and
early 50's and involves the performance of small fragments of simple, improvised materials.

If you may be interested, or if you know of anyone who may be interested in performing, I would be
extraordinarily grateful if you could contact me at wheelitzo <at> yahoo.com.  Thank you for your consideration.

Philip Schuessler

wheelitzo <at> yahoo.com

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Ingvar Loco Nordin | 25 Sep 2009 20:09

Vexations

After permission from the orchestra, I am now in the process of  
publishing the complete 24-hour Great Learning Orchestra version of  
Satie's Vexations on lastFM. Hour one out of twenty-four is just out;  
the others will arrive in the next few weeks.  Best way to reach this  
is perhaps, at least now, by way of my label at LastFM, i.e. Sonolco  
Records: http://www.lastfm.se/label/Sonoloco+Records.

Enjoy!

Loco

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