Amen. (Ditto Boulez, who is worse because he is still alive and in control of the money bag that could be used for real composers.) RT ______________ Roman M. Turovsky http://turovsky.org http://polyhymnion.org
> Dear Michael, > > It is possible that John Cage achieved something as a composer, but, > if he did, it has escaped me. Cutting strings, performing in > silence, and all those other sad gimmicks are utterly abhorrent. No > doubt he is making some clever, meaningful point, as purport the > forlorn heaps of modern art junk which clutter the Tate Gallery in > London, but I hate it. It is anti-music, anti-art, anti-culture, > anti-everything to which genuine musicians aspire, and as such, it > is thoroughly worthless. > > Best wishes, > > Stewart. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Stitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 9:39 PM > Subject: John Cage on Lute > > >> >> Does any one know whether John Cage wrote for the lute in his life > time? >> >> I heard something about a contemporary composer who wrote a > Passaicialle where after each return of the bass motif, a course was > cut with sizzors until all strings were no more. Then silence. > > >
