Day 115: Polish electronic music
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Vienna 1971—A Student Journal
A year of music, study, travel, sightseeing &
friends.
Day 115
— Polish electronic music
25-November-1971
(Thur.)
TRANSCRIPT
Read
Time Magazine. Since [I’ve] been here,
haven’t heard about the World Series or football.
Unbelievable, huh?
For our class—presentation of some Polish works of
electronic music. Good.
REFLECTIONS
What
World Series? Not much
going on today. I find it interesting that I “forgot”
about the World Series, or football while in Vienna.
That is understandable, I am not watching a whole lot
of TV or reading newspapers. Plus, Austrian TV and
papers might only briefly mention these American
pastimes.
Polish
electronic music. Ah, back
in class, we are listening to some Polish electronic
music. I like these works better.
Along similar lines, I remember being influenced by
the music of contemporary Polish composer,
Krzysztof
Penderecki, and
his
Threnody for the Victims of
Hiroshima. A very
powerful, contemporary work. His most well-known
work.
John
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