[silence] Cage Reference Sought

[Rob Haskins]

Dear Kraig,
I wonder if you could point me to some bibliography RE Southeast Asian concepts of "unison of differences."

Generally, Glenn, you might contact Andrew Culver, who was working with Cage when these large pieces were composed and might have some observations. 

Thanks,
Rob

 
Rob Haskins
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University of New Hampshire
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"Heroism doesn't consist in brilliantly combatting someone else. . . .  What is heroic is to accept the situation in which you find yourself."  -- John Cage




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From: Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@anaphoria.com>
To: Glenn Freeman <glenn@ogreogress.com>
Cc: silence@list.mail.virginia.edu
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:56:02 PM
Subject: Re: [silence] Cage Reference Sought

a 'union of differences' is a very South East Asian concept.


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Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria <http://anaphoriasouth.blogspot.com/>

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Glenn Freeman wrote:
> thanks caleb.
>
> so far it seems the only words cage himself wrote down (not including  
> the written manuscripts) in regard to "eighty" was to describe what  
> happens as "a unison of differences". is there anything else in regard  
> to this work or eighty-three that cage himself wrote about?
>
> Caleb Deupree wrote:
>
>  
>> In his last orchestral works, Cage continued in this vein -- a music  
>> of minute variations -- by having all the players play the same  
>> music.  In Eighty (1992) and Sixty-eight (1992) the parts for all  
>> instruments are exactly the same: the same fifteen pitches in the  
>> same fifteen time brackets.  The result is that, although the  
>> performers all play the same "melody," each plays it with a slightly  
>> different rhythm: this is what Cage called "a unison of differences."
>>    
>
> Glenn Freeman
> OgreOgress productions
> http://ogreogress.com
>
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