[silence] cage-feldman

[Julia Schröder]

Check out Stefan Wolpe literature, there you will find exactly what
you quoted. Feldman knew Cage from his teacher's (Wolpe) recitals
(they were held weekly at the Wolpes' home). But he had never spoken
to him until that Webern performance shook them both so much that they
left early.

ciao,
Julia H. Schroeder (Berlin, Germany)

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> Hello all
>
> The popularly accepted date of when Feldman first met Cage is January 26
> or 27 1950 at Carnegie Hall, after the Webern op.21 under Mitropolous.
>
> However in a 1983 interview with Thomas Moore,
> reprinted in 'Morton Feldman Says'
> (p181), Feldman says
>
> "But the most significant composer that I knew was my teacher, Stefan
> Wolpe. It was actually through Wolpe that I met Cage. To some degree,
> though, I met him later in a more glamorous context."
>
> And in an interview with Austin Clarkson in the same book (p. 98) we read:
>
> MF:"...It was the first time I ever saw Cage, before actually meeting
> him, was at a music ... Irma and Stefan out at Cathedral Parkway had
> these soir?es, which was very exciting for me, a young composer across
> the River..."
>
> Here, Feldman is referring to David Tudor's
> involvement with the Wolpes (he studied with
> both). As far as I'm aware, Tudor didn't meet
> Cage until 1949 (?) and the Wolpes were divorced
> the same year, so presumably Feldman is referring
> to seeing (but not actually meeting?)
> Cage at such a soir?e in 1949, as it was apparently Tudor who first invited
> Cage to these evenings.
>
> Given Feldman's gifts as a raconteur and his love
> of anecdotes it seems scarcely believable that he
> wouldn't have made a lot more out of it if he and
> Cage had met then, even if they only exchanged
> pleasantries, but perhaps the "glamour" of the
> post-Webern meeting of minds at Carnegie Hall won
> out.
>
> Does anyone have any further information about this?
>
> Cheers
>
> Jim
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