[silence] The percussion Number Pieces of John Cage

[Glenn Freeman]

Alexandre Popoff wrote:

> 1/
> As far as I understood, for the three above-mentionned scores, the
> number given in the time-brackets corresponds to a single beat or
> action on a specific instrument. However this gives few indication
> about the total number of instruments. Although Three2 is explicitly
> scored for three percussion instruments rather than three
> percussionists, I suspect that, given the score of Six, any number
> between 6 and 36 could be used for this Number Piece. Is this
> conclusion correct ?

the total number of instruments depends on each player's choice of  
what instruments to be used. what you suggest is one possibility, of  
many.

> 2/
> The instruction notes for One4 (scored for solo drummer) clearly  
> states
> that the sounds should either be given some duration without any
> noticeable attacks (like a roll on a cymbal), or almost no duration
> (like a single stroke on a snare drum). The intermediate case, like a
> stick beating a cymbal once and the resonance being left free is
> explicitly forbidden.
> However, when comparing the existing recordings of this score (namely
> the Hungaroton CD with Amadinda group, the Megadisc one with the  
> barton
> workshop, the Ogreogress one with Glenn Freeman, and the Sound Aspects
> one by Fritz Hauser) there are many examples where this interdiction  
> is
> not being respected. Could anyone please tell me more about
> interpretation details concerning this score ?

please provide all of cage's exact words/instructions for one4, here  
on this list. am not near a score at this time.

Glenn Freeman
OgreOgress productions
http://cdbaby.com/group/ogreogress