John Cage ??/??/1975
Set I
Empty Words
Music for Marcel Duchamp
Music for Marcel Duchamp
Set II
Set III
Comment
"Empty Words" is a four-part "non-syntactical" work based on the journal of Henry David Thoreau. For the reading, Mr. Cage sat at a desk with a lamp and a watch, the text on a book stand, and read part of the third part of the work, which has only syllables and letters.
Mr. Cage performed "Music for Marcel Duchamp" (1947) on a prepared piano, which I believe was an upright piano rather than a concert grand. The work was written for Duchamp's segment of the film "Dreams That Money Can Buy" by Hans Richter.
Mr. Cage performed "Music for Marcel Duchamp" (1947) on a prepared piano, which I believe was an upright piano rather than a concert grand. The work was written for Duchamp's segment of the film "Dreams That Money Can Buy" by Hans Richter.
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| John Cook | FLAC / 1 | View | Panasonic cassette recorder and E/V 660 microphone -> Tandberg 3000X -> BASF reel @ 3-3/4 ips >... | |||
| Notes: | 104 MB, 51:02. "Empty Words" cuts at 30:26. |
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| Robbie Kellman | flac / 1 | View | ||||
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| BluesFan | FLAC / 0 | View | ||||
| Notes: | TooleMan tape. | |||||
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