In a message dated 04/25/2000 11:06:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Back in 1976, the San Jose (CA) Symphony had a concert series featuring
living and recently dead American composers. Cage came and
"conducted" Atlas Eclipticalis. Having a connection with the orchestra,
I was able to get into the reception and had a wonderful hour talking
with Cage. He was funny, quite personable, and a little sad. I asked
him about the booing... He said that he thought people by now would
finally "get it." But from what I have heard the San Jose audience
was much more well behaved during this piece than the NYC audience.
I guess the booing finally hurt him. All in all, I am still very happy that
I finally got to meet one of my childhood heroes.
neal
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a few years before John Cage's death, I went to a concert that was part of a
chamber music series put on by the State Department. the crowd was huge, and
only about half got in to the first half of the concert. however, at the
intermission so many who had been in the concert left that those who had
remained were able to get in for the second half of the concert. Cage was
there with the folk singer Helen Schneyer, and he seemed unpreturbed by the
events...
jb....
