[silence] Cage and Ives

[Joseph Zitt]

This sounds like a fantastic event. I wish I could make it. Will it be
recorded?

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Neely Bruce <nbruce@wesleyan.edu> wrote:

>  Dear SILENCE members -- Many of you will be aware of the interest of John
> Cage in Charles Ives.  I would just mention the piece on Ives in Cage's book
> "A Year From Monday"; the letter from Cage to Ives quoted in "Selected
> Correspondence of Charles Ives" (ed. by Tom C. Owens) in which he asks Ives
> to help with Lou Harrison's medical bills (Ives did just that, very
> generously); and the many comments on Ives quoted in Richard Kostelanetz's
> remarkable book "Conversing with Cage."  [Sample quote on p. 40:  "...I find
> Ives quite relevant...when I listen to a piece of Ives what I like about it
> is not the quotation of hymns and popular tunes... What I like is the rest
> of it, the way it works, the process of it, the freedom of it, and 'do this
> or do that, do whatever you choose' -- that I love."]
>
> I am about to bring to fruition the biggest performance project of my life,
> a complete presentation of all 185 songs of Charles Ives.  Since the fall
> 2004 I have been working with a team of four singers and other assisting
> musicians to do all of this material, in all of the various versions.  This
> will culminate in the IVES VOCAL MARATHON, to take place at Wesleyan
> University on January 29, 30, 31 and February 1, 2009.  Six concerts in
> three days, plus panels on various aspects of the songs and a keynote
> address by Ives's greatest fan, Kyle Gann.  For details please visit:
>
> www.ivesvocalmarathon.com
>
> Many of you are composers.  I would draw your attention to the section of
> the web site called "Interactive Ives," which invites composers anywhere, of
> whatever stylistic persuasion (including none) to complete the unfinished
> Ives song called "Smoke."
>
> I hope some of you will be able to attend.  I hope some of you will
> complete "Smoke."  (Perhaps we'll perform your finished version.)  I hope
> some of you will read the blog and respond.  I hope some of you will write
> about how Ives has influenced you.  I hope that ALL of you will help spread
> the word to your Email correspondents  about what promises to be a
> magnificent musical weekend, and an unprecedented opportunity to hear all of
> this music at once.
>
> Happy New Year -- Neely Bruce
> --
> Neely Bruce
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>
>
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