Ein Musiktheaterwerk von
Michael Bach Bachtischa
Produced by: Michael Bach Bachtischa
©2009 by Atelier BACH.Bogen
für John Cage und Daniel Charles
Sculpture "Konvex / Konkav blue" by Renate Hoffleit
John Cage and Michael Bach New York City 1992.
Working on Ryoanji for cello.
The prime F# appears.
Daniel Charles about silence, 2002.
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At the beginning:
John: This one you can't do.
Michael: What?
John: It's to stay on the same note ...
Michael: Ohhh.
John: ... The whole time. You want to do that?
Michael: Hhm (ja).
John: You do? You won't be able to ...
Michael: Ja, Well, if you have ...
John: ... make any curves.
Michael: ... inflections ... but ...
(MUSICAGE, page 286, editor Joan Retallack, Wesleyan University Press, Hanover, USA)
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At the end:
John: I shouldn't just say, Go to hell. (laughter) ...
Daniel: Signifier silence, c'est exactement ce que Cagetoujours refusait de faire, hahaha.
(Daniel Charles talking to Michael Bach, 2002)
Michael: ... They would ask the second question: How to get to hell. (laughter)
(MUSICAGE, page 247)
Harry Partch knew how to get to hell. Good going.
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