VPMB82H3 Lecture 8: VPMB82 Lecture 8
Document Summary
Everyday object loses its functional purpose and play a different role once it is put in a museum. Type of music is played based on rolling dice and drawing cards. Play as fast as you can for a period of time. Famous work included burning piano, which involves randomness. Cage"s sonatas and interludes: sonata v (p. 539) Cage"s music of changes: book i (p. 546) Music, including duration, pitch, and dynamic are determined using i ching. Results are not determined by taste or tradition. Choice of dynamic ranges from quadruple forte to piano. Musical notation: quarter note is written as 2. 5 cm. Cage was against serialism, but the music sound the same as serialism. Cage"s music is broader in pitch range, a low note, more rhythmic movement than schoenberg, help distinguish the two pieces in the final cumulative exam. No music is played, but cannot say it is a piece of silence.
