Day 346: Avant-garde 3
Day 346 — Avant-garde 3
13-Jul-1972 (Thur.)
I am
immersed in avant-garde music—day and night—at the
continuing music festival in Berlin. At night, it’s
Steve Reich and modern dance. During the afternoon
break, I’m at the museum of the Berlin Wall.
Read More...
13-Jul-1972 (Thur.)
Read More...
Day 345: Avant-garde music, my thoughts
Day 345 — Avant-garde music, my thoughts
12-Jul-1972 (Wed.)
It’s a big
day of much avant-garde music and art. I hear a lot
of music today and am a bit critical of things
sounding “typical.” That’s typical, of me. The Berlin
girls are chic
(and
bra-less). Berlin is a town for young people.
Read More...
12-Jul-1972 (Wed.)
Read More...
Day 344: John Cage, avant-garde festival
Day 344 — John Cage, avant-garde festival
11-Jul-1972 (Tue.)
I’m in
Berlin (West). I spend the day sightseeing and
getting ready to go to a series of avant-garde music
concerts by John Cage. I talk a lot about John Cage
and chance music. Lot’s of photos.
Read More...
11-Jul-1972 (Tue.)
Read More...
Day 301: Paris says no
05/29/08 08:31 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 301 — Paris says no
29-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Today is the day that I actually get the news that I am not going to Fontainebleau this summer to study composition. I’m depressed.
Read More...
29-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Today is the day that I actually get the news that I am not going to Fontainebleau this summer to study composition. I’m depressed.
Read More...
Day 299: New music from Prof. Kaufmann; Mai Fest
Day 299 — New music from Prof. Kaufmann; Mai Fest
27-May-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
A full
day. Lots of things. Significant is that composer
Dieter Kaufmann is beginning work on a new musique
concrète composition. Mai Fest is also beginning.
Read More...
27-May-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Read More...
Day 296: Opera’s expression
Day 296 — Opera’s expression
24-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A light day. Just a short discourse on opera’s use of dialog to communicate the story.
Read More...
24-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A light day. Just a short discourse on opera’s use of dialog to communicate the story.
Read More...
Day 287: Contemporary ballet and OSU
Day 287 — Contemporary ballet and OSU
15-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I speak today to contemporary ballet and modern dance and relate to a modern dance/music composition that I wrote while a student at The Ohio State University. The composition was a musique concrète/electronic work titled, “Ruth,” based on the Book of Ruth from the Old Testament.
Read More...
15-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I speak today to contemporary ballet and modern dance and relate to a modern dance/music composition that I wrote while a student at The Ohio State University. The composition was a musique concrète/electronic work titled, “Ruth,” based on the Book of Ruth from the Old Testament.
Read More...
Day 281: Documenting the Fantasy
05/09/08 10:40 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 281 — Documenting the Fantasy
09-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
I talk a
bit about the documentation that I am preparing
for Fantasy
on Broken Glass and the
educational aspect of documenting the techniques and
creation of the composition. Includes some scans.
Read More...
09-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Read More...
Day 277: Note from Nadia Boulanger
Day 277 — Note from Nadia Boulanger
05-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A
wonderful note comes to me from Fontainebleau in
France. Nadia Boulanger has written me a handwritten
note. A treasure. Today’s post is one of the most
important to me, personally, in this entire year of
blogging.
Read More...
05-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Read More...
Day 270: Fantasy on Broken Glass—Finished, yay!
04/28/08 08:14 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 270 — Fantasy on Broken Glass—Finished, yay!
28-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A great
day. Fantasy
on Broken Glass—that’s my
musique concrète work—is finally finished. Yes. It’s
a good feeling to complete a project. Be thankful to
your teachers. Some pictures of the rough score.
Read More...
28-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Read More...
Day 249: Jean-Pierre leaves
04/07/08 06:57 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 249 — Jean-Pierre leaves
07-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A good friend leaves today and I discover that you can’t tell a composer by his published cover—until you see it.
Read More...
07-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A good friend leaves today and I discover that you can’t tell a composer by his published cover—until you see it.
Read More...
Day 246: Lost Glass, found—Thank you, Vienna
04/04/08 07:10 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 246 — Lost Glass, found—Thank you, Vienna
04-April-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Broken Glass, found. No, that’s not a code word to launch nuclear weapons, it’s news from the Institute of Composition and Electroacoustic Media at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. They have found my 36-year-old tapes and will digitize them and send them to me. It’s a miracle.
Read More...
04-April-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Broken Glass, found. No, that’s not a code word to launch nuclear weapons, it’s news from the Institute of Composition and Electroacoustic Media at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. They have found my 36-year-old tapes and will digitize them and send them to me. It’s a miracle.
Read More...
Day 222: Taking a chance
03/11/08 07:50 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 222 — Taking a chance
11-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
A brand
new idea comes to me. Turning radio recordings into
compositions. I talk a bit about John Cage and his
influence on the genre of “chance” music and
“happenings.”
Read More...
11-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Read More...
Day 220: Too little, too much
03/09/08 07:53 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 220 — Too little, too much
09-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I pose to you, the reader, these questions:
• Which is better—too little, or too much?
• Is it better to produce five top-ten hits or 200 here’s-the-idea pieces of music?
Then, I spend a lot of time talking about this stuff.
Read More...
09-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I pose to you, the reader, these questions:
• Which is better—too little, or too much?
• Is it better to produce five top-ten hits or 200 here’s-the-idea pieces of music?
Then, I spend a lot of time talking about this stuff.
Read More...
Day 164: NAMM and the Vienna Symphonic Library
01/13/08 03:59 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 164 — NAMM and the Vienna Symphonic Library
13-January-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
In 2008, I
visit the NAMM trade show and visit my favorite music
manufacturers and software developers, including
the Vienna
Symphonic Library. If you are
a composer, arranger, orchestrator, producer, or have
aspirations of writing music for film, TV,
commercial, or the record business, you need to
discover orchestral sample libraries.
Read More...
13-January-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Read More...
Day 092: Tights, tutus, and tippie-toes
Day 92 —Tights, tutus, and tippie-toes
02-November-1971 (Tue.)
Excitement
stirs. Plans for a skiing vacation are formulating. I
talk a bit about my regret of not traveling more in
life. Damn Euro/dollar ratio. Damn time.
I enjoy my first ballet in Vienna—Swan Lake. There are men in tights, women in tutus, and lots of tippie-toes.
Read More...
02-November-1971 (Tue.)
I enjoy my first ballet in Vienna—Swan Lake. There are men in tights, women in tutus, and lots of tippie-toes.
Read More...
Day 082: Techie day—recording and editing sound
10/23/07 10:10 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 82 — Techie day—recording and editing sound
23-October-1971 (Sat.)
I’m splicing up a tape storm in the electronic music lab, and give a detailed overview of the process of editing and composing with tape and sound. It gets a bit detailed and is meant for music majors interested in learning about these vintage composing techniques. If you’re not a music techie—skip to tomorrow.
I get a letter from best friend Lenny, and Anjali. That makes today, a red-letter day.
Read More...
23-October-1971 (Sat.)
I’m splicing up a tape storm in the electronic music lab, and give a detailed overview of the process of editing and composing with tape and sound. It gets a bit detailed and is meant for music majors interested in learning about these vintage composing techniques. If you’re not a music techie—skip to tomorrow.
I get a letter from best friend Lenny, and Anjali. That makes today, a red-letter day.
Read More...
Day 059: Two resolutions—exam completed and new apartment
09/30/07 09:32 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 59 — Two resolutions—exam completed and new
apartment
30-September-1971 (Thur.)
Examination
day—composition. I’m not sure if I passed or failed.
I think I passed.
Then on to my new apartment. It’s nice to settle down. Read More...
30-September-1971 (Thur.)
Then on to my new apartment. It’s nice to settle down. Read More...
