[silence] Fwd: Petr Kotik's Umbilical Cord

[John Whiting]

Petr Kotik wrote:

> I have not encountered an orchestra, which has the training and experience
> to make sense out of Cages notation (and music for that matter). This is the
> reason for the need to put a human being in front of the orchestra
> musicians, to help them, technically and musically, navigate the piece.

Eliot Carter's Third Quartet has two click tracks, one for each half 
of the ensemble. The first fiddle was asked in an interview if he
resented this. "If you were drowning in the middle of the Atlantic," 
he replied, "would you object if you were thrown a life raft?"

John Whiting
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