Fantasy on Broken Glass
Day 315: Technical difficulties
06/12/08 07:46 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 315 — Technical difficulties
12-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Just some minor technical glitches in continuing to make my final Fantasy copies.
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12-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Just some minor technical glitches in continuing to make my final Fantasy copies.
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Day 313: Thank you Prof. Lintz-Maues
06/10/08 07:22 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 313 — Thank you Prof. Lintz-Maues
10-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
In 2009, I receive a CD from Vienna with the lost recordings of Fantasy on Broken Glass, newly digitized by Prof. Lintz-Maues. What a thrill to hear those recordings after all of these years. Thank you, Prof. Lintz-Maues.
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10-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
In 2009, I receive a CD from Vienna with the lost recordings of Fantasy on Broken Glass, newly digitized by Prof. Lintz-Maues. What a thrill to hear those recordings after all of these years. Thank you, Prof. Lintz-Maues.
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Day 312: Goodbye to Dieter Kaufmann
06/09/08 07:18 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 312 — Goodbye to Dieter Kaufmann
09-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It’s the last day of class for the electronic music class, and we say our goodbyes. What a great year it has been!
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09-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It’s the last day of class for the electronic music class, and we say our goodbyes. What a great year it has been!
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Day 310: World premiere—Fantasy on Broken Glass
Day 310 — World premiere—Fantasy on Broken Glass
07-Jun-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
I make a
last-minute, desperate attempt to remix my Fantasy
composition for tonight’s world premiere. Do I make
it? Does the audience like it? Do I need to drink my
sorrows into the ground?
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07-Jun-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
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Day 309: Almost there
06/06/08 07:15 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 309 — Almost there
06-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
I’m trying to finish up a “new” version of my piece. The concert is tomorrow.
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06-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
I’m trying to finish up a “new” version of my piece. The concert is tomorrow.
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Day 308: Preparing Fantasy
06/05/08 08:11 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 308 — Preparing Fantasy
05-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I remiss a bit about going out with friends for casual conversations over drinks and food. I am preparing my composition for a concert. I am being asked to play in a horn recital. The pressure is mounting.
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05-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I remiss a bit about going out with friends for casual conversations over drinks and food. I am preparing my composition for a concert. I am being asked to play in a horn recital. The pressure is mounting.
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Day 298: First Fantasy in class
05/26/08 07:30 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 298 — First Fantasy
in class
26-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A big day—I play my composition, Fantasy on Broken Glass, for the electronic music class and Prof. C. It is also a day of coincidences with Berlin, Vienna, and Fantasy.
At night, in my inflated state of ego, I hit the discotek attempting to meet some girls. Strikeout. Ha!
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26-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A big day—I play my composition, Fantasy on Broken Glass, for the electronic music class and Prof. C. It is also a day of coincidences with Berlin, Vienna, and Fantasy.
At night, in my inflated state of ego, I hit the discotek attempting to meet some girls. Strikeout. Ha!
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Day 292: My fingers are on TV
Day 292 — My fingers are on TV
20-May-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Today is mostly about my being on Austrian TV for a whole two seconds. The TV documentary about the Electronic Music Studio is finally on TV.
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20-May-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Today is mostly about my being on Austrian TV for a whole two seconds. The TV documentary about the Electronic Music Studio is finally on TV.
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Day 290: Ing. Gottwald to the rescue
05/18/08 08:53 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 290 — Ing. Gottwald to the rescue
18-May-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Ing. Gottwald to the rescue to help me make a better copy of my Fantasy on Broken Glass. I talk a bit about tape hiss and that musique concrète techniques naturally reduce the quality of sound.
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18-May-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Ing. Gottwald to the rescue to help me make a better copy of my Fantasy on Broken Glass. I talk a bit about tape hiss and that musique concrète techniques naturally reduce the quality of sound.
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Day 284: The Electronic Music Studio TV shoot
05/12/08 08:44 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 284 — The Electronic Music Studio TV shoot
12-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Today’s a big day—they are doing a TV shoot about the electronic music studio. It should be a great day, but I am upset. Why?
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12-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Today’s a big day—they are doing a TV shoot about the electronic music studio. It should be a great day, but I am upset. Why?
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Day 282: Noise, rauschen, clicks
05/10/08 07:46 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 282 — Noise, rauschen, clicks
10-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Come on, you’ve always wanted to hear a pointed discussion on how to edit out clicks from a tape. Well, here it is.
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10-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Come on, you’ve always wanted to hear a pointed discussion on how to edit out clicks from a tape. Well, here it is.
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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.
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09-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
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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.
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05-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
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Day 274: Avant-garde
05/02/08 07:02 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 274 — Avant-garde
02-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A day of backup work in the studio and an avant-garde film in the evening.
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02-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A day of backup work in the studio and an avant-garde film in the evening.
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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.
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28-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
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Day 264: If you have a bad day, wait, the next day may be better
04/22/08 07:50 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 264 — If you have a bad day, wait, the next day
may be better
22-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Yesterday was bad, today is great. Once again, the Ying and Yang of life is upon us. Why can’t I stabilize my life? Because life throws you curve balls. Keep you eye on the ball. A good day, though with results. I write a letter home.
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22-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Yesterday was bad, today is great. Once again, the Ying and Yang of life is upon us. Why can’t I stabilize my life? Because life throws you curve balls. Keep you eye on the ball. A good day, though with results. I write a letter home.
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Day 257: More Bernstein, more Mahler
Day 257 — More Bernstein, more Mahler
15-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
More electronic music, more Bernstein, more Mahler, and more translation.
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15-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
More electronic music, more Bernstein, more Mahler, and more translation.
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Day 247: The end is in sight
04/05/08 08:25 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 247 — The end is in sight
05-April-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Today, I see the light at the end of the tunnel. No, not a train, but my completing my composition, Fantasy on Broken Glass. And I’m philosophical—experiencing the opposites of Ying and Yang in life.
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05-April-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Today, I see the light at the end of the tunnel. No, not a train, but my completing my composition, Fantasy on Broken Glass. And I’m philosophical—experiencing the opposites of Ying and Yang in life.
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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.
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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.
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Day 239: Looking for Broken Glass
03/28/08 06:59 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 239 — Looking for Broken Glass
28-March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
In 1972
it’s a regular day. In 2009, a few days ago, I send
an email to the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende
Kunst in Vienna, through their website, in an attempt
to locate a copy of my lost Fantasy
on Broken Glass composition.
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28-March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
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Day 233: Bruckner 8 in the Musikverein
Day 233 — Bruckner 8 in the Musikverein
22-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
The
student orchestra of the Vienna Academy of Music and
Dramatic Art (Wien Akademie für Musik und
darstellende Kunst) performs Bruckner’s
Symphony
No. 8 in the
wonderful Großer Saal of the Vienna Musikverein under
the direction of Maestro Karl Östereicher. A great
lifetime thrill and fun to play.
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22-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
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Day 216: More score
03/05/08 07:23 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 216 — More score
05-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Today, I score, more. You can skip today.
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05-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Today, I score, more. You can skip today.
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Day 213: Critiquing and my music
Day 213 — Critiquing and my music
02-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Another full day and some critique of contemporary music, and my music. I talk just a little bit about my music.
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02-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Another full day and some critique of contemporary music, and my music. I talk just a little bit about my music.
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Day 212: Pupofon Zweimal
Day 212 —
Pupofon
Zweimal
01-March (März)-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Electronic
scoring and electronic live performance, Prof.
Kaufmann’s Pupofon,
are the
highlights of today. A good full day of music. I
wonder about lost opportunities and lost composition.
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01-March (März)-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
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Day 209: Scoring for sound
02/27/08 10:50 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 209 — Scoring for sound
27-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
I present some brief examples from my “graphic” rough scores of my musique concrète piece and samples from the typed notes on how I created the work. Looking back at my actual notes, some of which I can’t read, reminded me of how much work went into this project. It was not a musical masterpiece, but it was a great learning experience.
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27-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
I present some brief examples from my “graphic” rough scores of my musique concrète piece and samples from the typed notes on how I created the work. Looking back at my actual notes, some of which I can’t read, reminded me of how much work went into this project. It was not a musical masterpiece, but it was a great learning experience.
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Day 207: Sound as music
02/25/08 08:30 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 207 — Sound as music
25-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Prof.
Kaufmann helps me to move towards the completion of
my educational electronic music book project with
both music and score. I am doing an extensive amount
of work in the electronic lab on this music. I talk a
bit about sound as music.
I may have discovered a long lost Viennese friend, Mike, on the Internet.
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25-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
I may have discovered a long lost Viennese friend, Mike, on the Internet.
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Day 205: Musique concrète—from Vienna to teaching
Day 205 — Musique concrète—from Vienna to teaching
23-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Today, I talk about some of the techniques used to create music/sound in the musique concrète genre and how they can be used to teach musical concepts to young students, exploring musical creativity through electronic music and filmmaking. The students, grades 7–9, presented a full program of their creative work in a special Bicentennial program to the school. They were wonderful. Read More...
23-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Today, I talk about some of the techniques used to create music/sound in the musique concrète genre and how they can be used to teach musical concepts to young students, exploring musical creativity through electronic music and filmmaking. The students, grades 7–9, presented a full program of their creative work in a special Bicentennial program to the school. They were wonderful. Read More...
Day 190: The Sound of Breaking Glass
02/08/08 09:05 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 190 — The Sound of Breaking Glass
08-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today, I
record the sound of a breaking glass in electronic
music class and begin a satisfying journey of
manipulating sound with musique
concrète techniques.
I find a small excerpt of this lost music on the
Internet, over 36 years later.
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08-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
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Day 186: Quality Education; Opportunity Knocks
02/04/08 06:28 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 186 — Quality Education; Opportunity Knocks
04-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Today, I have some thoughts on the wonderful educational experiences provided by Prof. Gabler in Horn, and Prof. Kaufman in Electronic Music.
We’re going to be famous! Two real-world opportunities present themselves to the students of Kaufman’s electronic music class.
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04-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Today, I have some thoughts on the wonderful educational experiences provided by Prof. Gabler in Horn, and Prof. Kaufman in Electronic Music.
We’re going to be famous! Two real-world opportunities present themselves to the students of Kaufman’s electronic music class.
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