[silence] unrecorded Cage?

[André Chaudron]

Hello Josh and others,

Future recording projects can be found on my site. Here you can find that 
the Black Mountain Piece will be released on Wergo. My only source of 
information here is Paul van Emmerik's excellent Cage site 
(http://www.xs4all.nl/~cagecomp/). It can be found on the 'recordings' page. 
van Emmerik mentions "[Untitled, 1952 (happening)]" as the work being 
recorded. I suppose he refers to the Black Mountain Piece. There are only 2 
parts available, but reading Fetterman's John Cage's Theatre Pieces one 
might compose some kind of reconstruction.
'Opening Dance for Sue Laub'. Assuming this is the same work as 'Opening 
Dance', this means it has been recorded by Schleiermacher on MDG.
'Encounter'. In the liner notes for MDG 613 0798-2 Schleiermacher explains: 
"In this case, however, the sketches were too fragmentary for the 
reconstruction of a piece - if the interpreter was to maintain a pure heart 
and a clear conscience."
'0'00" No.2' may be considered recorded (though not available): 'Reunion' 
probably is a realization of this composition.
'Quartets I-VIII'. There are 3 original stories in the booklet of the Hat 
Hut CD (English, German, French). None of them mentions the version. But 
Paul van Emmerik mentions on his site that it is the version for 93 
instruments. That leaves the 41 instrument version unrecorded.
I miss 'Variations VIII' in your list. This work has been performed several 
times, for instance on September 12, 1992 during the Anarchic Harmony 
Festival in Frankfurt, Germany.
And I miss more works, although I haven't checked the list yet. What comes 
to mind right now is 'Vis-a-Vis' (composed with Takemitsu). Does anyone know 
anything at all about this work? Can't find any information about it. All 
literature about Takemitsu doesn't even mention the piece.
There is much more unrecorded stuff, I think. I might put a list of it on my 
site one day....

Best wishes from Amsterdam,

André Chaudron
www.johncage.info



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David P Miller" <dpmiller@world.std.com>
To: "Josh Ronsen" <joshronsen@yahoo.com>
Cc: <silence@list.mail.virginia.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 2:44 AM
Subject: Re: [silence] unrecorded Cage?


> Are there any (finished) Cage pieces left to be recorded? I have been
> looking at André Chaudron's wonderful lists. I spot these pieces not
> listed in the discography:
>
> Greek Ode
> First Chapter of Ecclesiastes
> Opening Dance for Sue [Laub]
> Dance to the West
> Encounter (3 of 4 movements finished)
> Orestes
> Black Mountain Piece (could this be recorded? or should we consider it
> to be a 1-time event of 1952?)
> Unfinished Work for Voice
> Unfinished Work for Magnetic Tape (could these two be finished?)
> Speech (there is a YouTube clip of rehearsals of this piece)
> Adaptation of 'Ixion' (Feldman piece)
> Duet for Cymbal (version of Cartridge Music mentioned in score)
> WBAI
> Variations V
> Variations VI
> Variations VII
> Newport Mix
> 0'00" No. 2 (Solo for Voice No. 23 - I don't know if this has been
> recorded as part of Song Books)
> Sound Anonymously Received
> 33 1/3 / Cassette / Address
> Dialogue
> Untitled (work for Joao Miró) (score may not be available)
> Les chants de Maldoror pulvérises par l'assistance même
> Music for "Westbeth" (recored on video, score may not be available)
> Quartets I-VIII (there are versions for 24, 41, 93 players, only 1 or 2
> have been recorded, 24 players, and I don't know how big the ensemble
> is on the Hat Hut recording)
> Sounday
> Concerto Grosso
> Paragraphs of Fresh Air
> Improvisation III
> Fifteen domestic minutes
> A House Full of Music
> Improvisation IV
> Instances of Silence
> HMCIEX (recorded but not yet released)
> A Collection of Rocks
> Selkus2
> Improvisation A+B
> Rocks
> Wishing Well
> Scottish Circus
> Mozart Mix
> Eighty
> Muoyce II
>
> Well, I guess I answered my own question. I have left out the pieces
> composed in collaboration (presumably for Merce Cunningham dance
> performances).
>
> -Josh Ronsen
> in Austin, Texas
> http://ronsen.org/cagelinks.html


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