36 Years Ago

36 Years Ago, Vienna 1971—A Student Journal

Day 351: John Cage—HPSCHD

Day 351 — John Cage—HPSCHD
18-Jul-1972 (Tue.)

John Cage and David Tudor
Today is the big “happening” of the avant-garde music festival, the multimedia experience of HPSCHD by John Cage in Philharmonic Hall. It was an amazing experience (despite my slight criticism.) A fascinating lecture by computer music composer, John Chowning.
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Day 225: Break it down

Day 225 — Break it down
14-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)

I learn something about piano practice today and spend most of my day with piano. I’m slouching in electronic music—
only four hours.
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Day 208: Teaching with sound

Day 208 — Teaching with sound
26-February-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)

Student at synthesizer 1976
Music is sound. Sound is music. Later in life, as a teacher, I teach musical concepts and creativity through sound—musique concrète and electronic music. Add the ability to make student films—the young students loved it all.
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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...

Day 190: The Sound of Breaking Glass

Day 190 — The Sound of Breaking Glass
08-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)

1971 Electronic music class with Dieter Kaufmann
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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Day 081: Electronic music day

Day 81 — Electronic music day
22-October-1971 (Fri.)


Friday is my electronic music class. We begin the task of collecting sounds. I speak about the types of activities in today’s world that were influenced by both musique concrète and electronic music.
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