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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Bob</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Just heard that Brazil was kicked out of the World Cup
by Holland of all teams . Hoep you didn't bet any money on them....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=bobmerk@earthlink.net
href="mailto:bobmerk@earthlink.net">Robert Merkin</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 02, 2010 7:00 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=f_minor@glenngould.org
href="mailto:f_minor@glenngould.org">Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn
Gould.</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [f_minor] Make Silence Stop {was:} Re: On Some Faraway
Beach Nfld</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Courier New">Glass never nabbed the Pulitzer Prize for
Music, but my very favorite composer in this genre, Steve Reich, snagged the
venerated golden dingus in 2009.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Courier New">I got "Four Organs" by Reich on vinyl (with
Cage on the A-Side), the (electric) organists are Michael Tilson Thomas, Ralph
Grierson, Roger Kellaway and Steve Reich. I can't find the specific duration,
but "Four Organs" takes up one whole side of the LP, with no grooveless leftover
in the middle. I think LP side max length is about 44 minutes. The musically
advanced might be able to calculate the piece's length from the wiki
below.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Courier New">Does this thing show images? If
not, I'll zap it to anybody who's curious via e-mail.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Courier New">I had a midnight-ish radio show on college
FM, and one night I said I'd play "Four Organs" until I got a phone request to
stop playing "Four Organs" ... I was trying to invent
the Anti-Request. The first phone call rang in 35 seconds, there were
others.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Courier New">(Dance enthusiasts may want to catch a very
rare performance of Anti-Tap, with Velcro shoes on a
complementary Velcro floor, an invention of the Theatre
[sic] & Dance Department of the University at Buffalo [NY
USA].)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Courier New">An f_minor thread long
ago revealed the previously unsuspected Anti-f_minor, a List
of Cage worshippers. The name of the list is Silence (homage to the
notorious "4:33" -- I particularly like David Tudor's
interpretation)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face="Courier New"><A
href="">http://list.mail.virginia.edu/mailman/listinfo/silence</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=4 face="Courier New">so that makes the
University of Virginia the Anti-Rutgers. (I don't know who the Anti-Mary Jo
is.)</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face="Courier New"></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=4 face="Courier New">Well, my man
Charles Ives wailed:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face="Courier New"></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=4 face="Courier New"><STRONG><EM>"Why do
I like these things? Are my ears on wrong?"</EM></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face="Courier New"></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=4 face="Courier New">This is the
most educationally entertaining wiki I've ever read:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>=========<BR>Wikipedia<BR>=========</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Four Organs is a work for four electronic organs and
maraca, composed by Steve Reich in January 1970.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The four organs, harmonically expound a dominant eleventh
chord (E-D-E-F#-G#-A-B), dissecting the chord by playing parts of it
sequentially while the chord slowly increases in duration from a single 1/8 note
at the beginning to 200 beats at the end. The process of increased augmentation
is accomplished first by causing notes to sustain after the chord, and then
notes start anticipating the chord. As the piece progresses this
"deconstruction" of the chord emphasizes certain harmonies; at the climax of the
work each tone sounds almost in sequence. A continuous maraca beat serves as a
rhythmic framework.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Reich describes the piece as "the longest V-I cadence in
the history of Western Music" the v (B-D-F#) and I (E-G#-B) chords being
contained within the one chord: "You'll find the chord in Debussy and Thelonious
Monk - the tonic on top and the dominant on the bottom."[1] He has cited the
music of Perotin and other twelfth and thirteenth century composers as
suggesting the technique of note augmentation used in Four Organs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>For performances of the piece, Reich recommended using
electronic organs with as plain and simple a timbre as possible, without
vibrato, to avoid the sound of the instrument itself distracting from the
harmonic and rhythmic aspects of the piece. Reich himself employed four Farfisa
"mini compact" models.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Four Organs was first performed in May 1970 at the
Guggenheim Museum in New York City.[2][3] It was received well at the premier,
and performances later that year in the United States and Europe received
respectful, and in some cases enthusiastic, responses.[4]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Subsequent audiences were not always as polite. October
1971 performances by Reich and members of the Boston Symphony (at Symphony Hall
in Boston) received a combination of "loud cheers, loud boos, and
whistles."[4]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>A 1973 performance of Four Organs at Carnegie Hall in New
York City nearly caused a riot, with "yells for the music to stop, mixed with
applause to hasten the end of the piece."[5] One of the performers, Michael
Tilson Thomas, recalls: "One woman walked down the aisle and repeatedly banged
her head on the front of the stage, wailing 'Stop, stop, I
confess.'"[6][7]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Notes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> 1. ^ Steve Reich: Works 1965-1995 (Nonesuch
79451-2, 1997), interview with Jonathan Cott, p.33<BR> 2. ^ Reich,
Steve; Hillier, Paul (Editor) (April 1, 2002). Writings on Music, 1965-2000.
USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 50. ISBN 0-19-511171-0. <BR> 3. ^
Strickland, Edward (1993). Minimalism: Origins. USA: Indiana University Press.
pp. 218. ISBN 0253213886. <BR> 4. ^ a b Strickland, at
221.<BR> 5. ^ Schonberg, Harold C., "Music: A Concert Fuss: Music by
Reich Causes a Vocal Reaction," New York Times, January 20,
1973.<BR> 6. ^ Byrnes, Sholto (October 2, 2006). "The face Steve
Reich". The Times (London). <A href=""><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article655775.ece</FONT></A>.
Retrieved May 2, 2010. <BR> 7. ^ Terry Gross, Steve Reich.
(2006-10-06). Fresh Air from WHYY: Steve Reich at 70. [Real Player Stream
(SMIL)]. Philadelphia: NPR. <A href=""><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6209213</FONT></A>.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>References</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> * Reich, Steve; Hillier, Paul (Editor)
(April 1, 2002). Writings on Music, 1965-2000. USA: Oxford University Press. pp.
48–50. ISBN 0-19-511171-0. <BR> * Steve Reich: Works 1965-1995
(Nonesuch 79451-2, 1997), interview with Jonathan Cott, p. 33.<BR></FONT>-----
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<A title=fred.houpt@rbc.com href=""><FONT color=#0000ff>Houpt, Fred</FONT></A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bobmerk@earthlink.net
href=""><FONT color=#0000ff>Robert Merkin</FONT></A> ; <A
title=f_minor@glenngould.org href=""><FONT color=#0000ff>Discussion of the
Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.</FONT></A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 02, 2010 11:03
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [f_minor] On Some Faraway
Beach Nfld</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=100370215-02072010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>Hah, hah, Bob, well done. My personal Glass fave is the
soundtrack to the awesome film "Powaqatsi"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=100370215-02072010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>Fred</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> <A href=""><FONT
color=#0000ff>f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org</FONT></A>
[mailto:f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Robert
Merkin<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 02, 2010 11:00 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion
of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [f_minor] On Some
Faraway Beach Nfld<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Courier New"><STRONG>Knock Knock</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN
class=100370215-02072010> [snip] </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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