MUS 114 Lecture 12: Notes
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The golden ratio: architecture laid out to allow the golden mean, can be infinitely replicated, can make a larger section that is in the same ratio as the original. Can read the words backwards, in rows, in columns, etc. Possible translation: the sower arepo holds with effort the wheels. S a t o r a r e p o t e n e t o p e r a r o t a s. Suggests an endless loop: the end is the beginning and the beginning is the end. 2 statements to quiet and sober the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences: to change the responsibility of the composer from making to accepting. Both walked out at the same time: become life-long friends and associates. Feldman, in brief: queens, ny city, jewish background, parents in the garment trade, studies with stefan wolpe, strongly influenced by cage as of 1950.
