Swinging Modern Sounds: Observations on the Occasion of a 100th Column
The clash of opinions about music is music itself.
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Posts Tagged: john cage
Swinging Modern Sounds #84: Music for Spaceships
Perhaps space is an inevitable resting place for music of this kind, because time is completely different when conceived of in the vastness of space, and not only because of relativity.
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The Rumpus Interview with Roarke Menzies
Musician and producer Roarke Menzies talks about his debut album, Shapes, and about his inspirations for making music.
...moreThe Sound of Silence
So while silence can most certainly be boring, unsettling, unbearable, it can just as certainly be an aid to concentration and thus free the imagination. It can quiet the mind and open it to divine influences. This seems to depend on whether we have chosen it or it has been forced upon us. Over at Lit […]
...moreJohn Cage’s Diary
Late composer and writer John Cage’s diary is being published in late October. John Cage: Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) contains Cage’s stories and memories as well as writings on philosophy and politics. Cage often wrote in random type fonts, sizes, and colors, which is reflected in the […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Frederic Rzewski
Composer Frederic Rzewski talks about his masterpiece The People United Will Never Be Defeated, writing and playing classical music, and performing his music in an unusual venue—a fish market.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #57: Going Long, in Four Parts
…if you want more, the music can meet you where you are. It can instruct on the meaning of music itself, on its history, on its cross-cultural possibilities.
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The Rumpus Interview with Missy Mazzoli
We talked to composer-performer Missy Mazzoli about the sometimes invisible world of new classical music, her relation to it, and what she’s doing to help to redefine what it means to be a composer in the 21st century.
...moreSwinging Modern Sounds #43: Formative Experiences
Often, I find, the musical experiences that have had the most lasting impact on me were not immediately apparent to me at the time.
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