John Cage: Tune-down

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movement 10 from...
Carnival of the Musical Animals (2009)

1. Introduction: Tune-up
2. Guiseppe Verdi
3. Antonio Vivaldi
4. The Pianist
5. Claude Debussy
6. The Jazzer
7. Arnold Schönberg
8. Béla Bartók
9. Charles Ives
10. John Cage: Tune-down

composed by Laffy Ritornello (b. yesterday)

The gestation of Carnival began with my discovery of Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, which is a grand romp of a chamber work, chronicling the different animals in circus-like ridiculosity. In fact, Camille (hes a French dude) was fairly ashamed of this piece, and refused its performance during his lifetime. I, on the other hand, am not ashamed of this piece. Perhaps this gives you a hint as to who's the better composer! ZING on me! This piece is dedicated to the work of ten dear friends of mine:

To Guiseppe's servile obedience to the prima donna; To Antonio's [servile obedience to the prima donna]; To the leonine stature of the Pianist; To the wishy-washy poetics of Claude; To the Jazzer's never-ending foot-tapping; To Arnold's twelvish love for dissonance; To Béla and his old folks; To Ives' borrowing of materials (building on Antonio's work); To Cage's penning of the last words (or non-words). But most important of all, here's to the shame of my darling Camille.

Pat Morehead - Oboe
Dave Reminick - Saxophone
Jeff DeRoche - Percussion
Janelle Lake - Harp
Jeremy Attanaseo - Double Bass

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