Day 299: New music from Prof. Kaufmann; Mai Fest
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Day
299 — New music from Prof. Kaufmann; Mai Fest
27-May-1972
(Samstag–Sat.)
TRANSCRIPT
Not a bad day. Horn
ensembles, practicing, went all right.
Heard some work on Kaufmann’s new piece. Interesting
concept of voice collage. American girl soprano. Not
bad!
Then saw Rigoletto.
Very good. Enjoyable opera.
On the way home, the Rathaus was completely lit up.
It was so beautiful. Marks the beginning of Mai Fest
with band music and kids dancing. Sort of nice.
REFLECTIONS
Normal
day. A normal
day is quite jam-packed with a lot of things to
do—horn ensembles, practice, and a good old Verdi
opera at night.
New
Kaufmann piece. Prof.
Kaufmann appears to be working on a new musique
concrète work and is using vocal collages. I am
assuming that I dropped by the electronic studio
where he was recording a soprano for his new piece.
As I have mentioned many times, Kaufmann uses
recorded voices, live voices, and live and recorded
manipulation of the voice in his works. Live vocal
performance and improvisation are also important in
his composition. Very interesting. Would love to hear
this.
Beautiful Rathaus. The
opening picture shows a Vienna park at night with the
Rathaus in the background. I also say that it is the
beginning of Mai Fest (May Fest), but May is almost
over. Hmmm. Still, the Rathaus and Vienna’s buildings
look beautiful at night. Below are a couple of photos
of the Parliament building at night.
Night photo of the Parliament
Parliament at night
John
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