Cage: "Rozart Mix"

John Cage: "Rozart Mix" (1965) According to Paul Griffiths, "A Guide to Electronic Music", the score for Rozart Mix "consists of an exchange of letters with Alan Lucier, proposing that at least 88 tape loops of unspecified sounds be played on at least a dozen tape recorders."

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• aleatoric
• chance
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• avant
• garde
• noise
• electronic

[saladshootavvv]

So what's the story about this one? I read somewhere that it starts when audience members start to enter and then ends after the last one has left, but that's all I could find. I also saw that there was a score, but what's written on the score? Is the performance/recording the same every time, or does the piece just give musical directions such as "prepare 12 tapes with recordings of random things"?

[NewMusicXX]

According to Paul Griffiths, "A Guide to Electronic Music", the score "consists of an exchange of letters with Alan Lucier, proposing that at least 88 tape loops of unspecified sounds be played on at least a dozen tape recorders."

[egapnala65]

Am I the only one thinking "Beatles" and "Revolution no.9" with this work?

[ybaggirl]

great

[mpjgbx]

All this needs is a loud thumping techno beat.

[DadsWeird]

@dancinginthestreet1 I agree completely. I've always found Cage's ideas fascinating to read and think about, but not so interesting to LISTEN to.  :) I like this one a lot, though, and I've realized that I think it's because there is repetition -- a limited number of snippets are used and reused -- as opposed to the usual feeling of randomness.

[MuseDuCafe]

Fun, Funny and Confrontational, as one would expect.... and a bit of 'beauty' here and there. Enjoyed it hugely.

Mozart's first piece was an A-flat and a gurgling chortle of delight at the sound, when he managed to haul himself upright and press one key of the household harpsichord: he was 17 months old.....

[MuseDuCafe]

Fun, Funny and Confrontational, as one would expect.... and a bit of 'beauty' here and there. Enjoyed it hugely.

Mozart's first piece was an A-flat and a gurgling chortle, when he managed to haul himself upright and press one key of the household harpsichord: he was 17 months old.....

[MuseDuCafe]

Fun, funny, and confrontational, as one would expect.

Enjoyed it hugely.

[dancinginthestreet1]

@83arrobb i think cage's overall message was genius but his individual works never fail to disappoint me. i prefer hearing him talk about sound and/or silence

[83arrobb]

genio

[mightyafrowhitey]

@RushYesCrimson uh huh :)

[Yazzjos]

FLUXUS???

[RushYesCrimson]

@egapnala65

The Beatles were influenced by avant garde composers such as Karlhienz Stockhausen (who appears on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's) and John Cage.