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I'm searching for John Cage's Souvenir sheet music (for organ). Does anyone has it?

thanks,
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tzsolti wrote:I'm searching for John Cage's Souvenir sheet music (for organ). Does anyone has it?

thanks,
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Now let me think - when was it that John Cage died?...

(...yes - still here...)
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ahinton wrote:
Now let me think - when was it that John Cage died?
As a mark of respect, there was, presumably, a 4'33" period of silence when it happened!
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Timtin wrote:
ahinton wrote:
Now let me think - when was it that John Cage died?
As a mark of respect, there was, presumably, a 4'33" period of silence when it happened!
But performed on an ill-prepared piano...
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rob wrote:
Timtin wrote:
ahinton wrote:Now let me think - when was it that John Cage died?
As a mark of respect, there was, presumably, a 4'33" period of silence when it happened!
But performed on an ill-prepared piano...
I wonder if anyone recorded it for posterity...
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fredbucket wrote:
rob wrote:
Timtin wrote:
ahinton wrote:Now let me think - when was it that John Cage died?
As a mark of respect, there was, presumably, a 4'33" period of silence when it happened!
But performed on an ill-prepared piano...
I wonder if anyone recorded it for posterity...
No, that would be contrary to the philosophy behind the piece which relies on the immediacy of the moment. SSSSSSHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh.......
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rob wrote:
fredbucket wrote:
rob wrote:
Timtin wrote:
ahinton wrote:Now let me think - when was it that John Cage died?
As a mark of respect, there was, presumably, a 4'33" period of silence when it happened!
But performed on an ill-prepared piano...
I wonder if anyone recorded it for posterity...
No, that would be contrary to the philosophy behind the piece which relies on the immediacy of the moment. SSSSSSHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh.......
Shame - otherwise one could lock oneself in a fridge-freezer at freezing point.
Then, if it was set to cool down at 1deg/sec, by listening to Cage's masterpiece
right through, at the exact moment it ended, one would know that absolute zero
had been reached! (Come to think of it, the same effect would result without the
fridge-freezer being needed.)
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Timtin wrote:Shame - otherwise one could lock oneself in a fridge-freezer at freezing point.
Then, if it was set to cool down at 1deg/sec, by listening to Cage's masterpiece
right through, at the exact moment it ended, one would know that absolute zero
had been reached! (Come to think of it, the same effect would result without the
fridge-freezer being needed.)
Not quite, Tim. You'd be 0.15K out. Absolute zero is -273.15K.

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A recent composition of mine is called 9'06", consisting of 9 minutes and 6 seconds of silence,
scored for two orchestras not playing identical non-existent music.
The critics were full of praise, rightly claiming that it was twice as good as Cage's half-baked effort.
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fredbucket wrote:
Timtin wrote:Shame - otherwise one could lock oneself in a fridge-freezer at freezing point.
Then, if it was set to cool down at 1deg/sec, by listening to Cage's masterpiece
right through, at the exact moment it ended, one would know that absolute zero
had been reached! (Come to think of it, the same effect would result without the
fridge-freezer being needed.)
Not quite, Tim. You'd be 0.15K out. Absolute zero is -273.15K.

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Fred
Whoops Fred: −273.15°C (Celsius) = −459.67°F (Fahrenheit) = 0K (Kelvin)
Is the 'degree' symbol not used for Kelvin?
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