[LUTE] Re: John Cage centennial: A Room (played on a lute)

2012-12-21 Thread WALSH STUART
The little piano piece, A Room was written several years before 4' 33. It can be played as it is or with preparations (different sized bolts, rubber, weather stripping, a penny). It's in 4/4 (bot not notated as such) and it's a stream of quavers. Sometimes the note stems are up and sometimes

[LUTE] Re: John Cage centennial: A Room (played on a lute)

2012-12-21 Thread David van Ooijen
Love it, good job! David On 21 December 2012 10:08, WALSH STUART s.wa...@ntlworld.com wrote: The little piano piece, A Room was written several years before 4' 33. It can be played as it is or with preparations (different sized bolts, rubber, weather stripping, a penny). It's in 4/4 (bot not

[LUTE] Re: John Cage centennial: A Room (played on a lute)

2012-12-21 Thread Rockford Mjos
Hello, Stuart. Very nice! I have ordered the music through my library to have a first-hand look at the score. -- R On Dec 21, 2012, at 3:08 AM, WALSH STUART wrote: The little piano piece, A Room was written several years before 4' 33. It can be played as it is or with preparations

[LUTE] Re: John Cage centennial: A Room (played on a lute)

2012-12-20 Thread howard posner
On Dec 20, 2012, at 4:22 PM, WALSH STUART s.wa...@ntlworld.com wrote: I think this could work as a lute piece... as a sort of prelude. And if you want a sort of Cage suite, I've found that 2'33 works as well on the lute as it does on piano/ -- To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] Re: John Cage centennial: A Room (played on a lute)

2012-12-20 Thread David Smith
And there was a moment of silence in response to that... David Sent from my iPhone On Dec 20, 2012, at 4:42 PM, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote: On Dec 20, 2012, at 4:22 PM, WALSH STUART s.wa...@ntlworld.com wrote: I think this could work as a lute piece... as a sort of

[LUTE] Re: John Cage centennial: A Room (played on a lute)

2012-12-20 Thread adS
4'33 - RIP Rainer adS On 21.12.2012 01:42, howard posner wrote: On Dec 20, 2012, at 4:22 PM, WALSH STUART s.wa...@ntlworld.com wrote: I think this could work as a lute piece... as a sort of prelude. And if you want a sort of Cage suite, I've found that 2'33 works as well on the lute

[LUTE] Re: John Cage centennial: A Room (played on a lute)

2012-12-20 Thread howard posner
On Dec 20, 2012, at 5:45 PM, adS rainer.aus-dem-spr...@gmx.de wrote: 4'33 - You're absolutely right, but when I do it, it's two minutes shorter because I skip the first movement--I've never liked it, unlike the other two. BTW, there's video of the full orchestral version at: