MU - Music MU 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Expo 58, John Philip Sousa, God Save The Queen
31 Mar 2017
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Assignment: read chapter 35-36 / today covers chapter 34: chance music and electronic music. 34: philosophy (do try to not control music, goal-less (mirrors zen philosophy) eliminates purpose, the performance is left to chance, contains improvisation, very little or no notation lists, sometimes referred to as aleatoric music . John cage (chance music composer: 20th century avant-garde composer of chance music, used recorded sounds, used objects and plants, used sounds from environment, used words and poetry, wrote 4 minutes and 33 seconds . Edgar varese (1883-1965: french born composer, sound engineer/mathematician, he collaborated with the bell telephone company, his innovations led to landline tones. 308: by: edgar varese, written for 1958 world fair, accompanies random images, a soundscape for unusual architecture/rooms (pavilion at world fair) by le corbusior (artistic name) not his real name. Today: examples of american music: patriotic music, art music, minimalism.
