You do the piece down - there are three movements, each tacet for a specific number of seconds. Then you take your bows. Anyway, it was for piano. Using cable cutters to take out the piano strings would have destroyed the silence.
Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Michael Stitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Lautenliste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 3:15 AM Subject: Re: John Cage on Lute > > I don't know if it's original but I know that the lute class of Sigrun > > Richter in Frankfurt performed a piece by Cage recently (actually it was > > Sigrun herself playing the piece) - maybe someone else knows more > > details. I would need to find th eprogram in my mess just to tell you th > > ename of the piece but I remember it worked fine and natural on a lute. > > Best wishes > > Thomas > Was the piece that requires no playing? I forget the title, something like > "4.32". Just sit for 4 and a half minutes and take your bows. > RT > > ______________ > Roman M. Turovsky > http://turovsky.org > http://polyhymnion.org > > > > > > Am Don, 2003-12-18 um 22.39 schrieb Michael Stitt: > > > >> Does any one know whether John Cage wrote for the lute in his life time? > >> > >> I heard something about a contemporary composer who wrote a Passaicialle > >> where after each return of the bass motif, a course was cut with sizzors > >> until all strings were no more. Then silence. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------- > >> Do you Yahoo!? > >> New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing > >> -- > > > > -- > > Thomas Schall > > Niederhofheimer Weg 3 > > D-65843 Sulzbach > > 06196/74519 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss > > > > -- > >
