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John Zorn   09/30/1993

The Knitting Factory, New York, NY
Media CDr   1 disc
Tech Notes Bezique (1989)
I was actually commissioned to write a game piece by the University of Wisconsin at River Falls, a school that has a history of associations with musicians like Feldman, Cage, Earle Brown, etc. This is my quirkiest and most complex game piece to date, and in some strange way seems to fit the alchemical bunker generation of improvisers here in New York. The group tonight has been chosen by David Shea.
Bezique is a card game that originated in France, and is based on games played over 350 years ago. It became particularly popular in the mid-nineteent century. The standard game is for two players, but there are variants for three or more players. The popular American game of pinochle is derived from bezique. -JZ. (from Zornfest 1993 program notes)

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