MUS 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Prepared Piano, Piano, Electric Counterpoint
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Topic: chapter 62: new sound palettes: mid-twentieth-century american experimentalists. Lg 55 cage: sonata v from sonatas and interludes. Chapter 62: new sound palettes: mid-twentieth-century american experimentalists. Slide 1: new sound palettes: mid-twentieth-century american experimentalists: musicians have always been expanding their sound-production resources, some have reached to other cultures and/or inventiveness. Slide 2: john cage (1912-1992: early interest in non-western scales. Music vs. noise: in 1938, invented t prepared piano, indeterminacy and chance music. Reconsider the composer"s role: explored the role of silence in 4"33 , raised profound questions about the nature of music. Slide 3: the music of john cage: quest for new sounds and concepts. What makes music/what is music: idea of chance, or aleatoric, music. Chance/aleatoric music= music composed by random selection of pitches, tone colors, and rhythms: intense interest in exploring the role of silence in music. Sonatas and interludes: written for prepared piano.
