[silence] RENGA WITH APARTMENT HOUSE 1776

[Katherine Setar]

Regarding Kraig Kraig Grady's comments on RENGA WITH APARTMENT HOUSE 1776:

Kraig's comment about the waves of cheering and booing are very 
interesting.  I hadn't really thought about it like that before;  thanks 
for the insight.

I really remember the Native American using his belly as a drum.  I also 
remember a woman dressed as a Pilgrim who was singing hymn-like songs. 
I believe there were others dressed in costumes, but it was such a long 
time ago, I'm not sure of the accuracy of my memory.

Other observations:  I was up in the balcony (cheap seats!) and watched 
some of the people in the Orchestra walking out in a huff.  I also 
remember some very rude people sailing paper airplanes onto the stage. 
I really felt terrible for Cage, who was booed when he walked onto the 
stage for his ovation as the composer.

Thanks for sharing your comments,

Katherine Setar


silence-request@list.mail.virginia.edu wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:27:18 -0700
> From: Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@anaphoria.com>
> Subject: Re: [silence] RENGA WITH APARTMENT HOUSE 1776
> To: Katherine Setar <setar@pacbell.net>
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> i saw this also.
>  the thing that i remember the most was how whole sections would cheer 
> and others sections would boo at different times. coming and going in 
> unpredictable waves.
>  it became part of the piece
>  oh yes the native american using his belly as a drum and then going 
> into hysterical laughter
> 
> Katherine Setar wrote:
> 
>>For what it's worth:  I saw the premiere of RENGA WITH APARTMENT HOUSE 
>>1776 in with the Los Angeles Philharmonic back in 1976.  It was a 
>>commission for the U.S bicentennial (since the United States first 
>>became an independent country in 1776).  It was a very notorious 
>>performance, almost as violent as the premiere of Stravinsky's RITE OF 
>>SPRING.  If you're interested, you might want to search the reviews of 
>>that premiere in the LOS ANGELES TIMES.  It's been a long time, but I 
>>think the performance was in September of 1776.
>>
>>Katherine Setar