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Re: The Longest Loop Ever Recorded



As Andy noted, it is John Cage Organ2/ASLSP


On Oct 1, 2006, at 1:28 AM, Per Boysen wrote:

> maybe someone else knows the church

from www.john-cage.halberstadt.de

"The place will be St. Burchardi one of the oldest churches of the  
city. Built around 1050 by Burchard of Nahburg, this church  
functioned as Cistercian convent for more than 600 years. In the 30  
years lasting war, St. Burchardi was partially destroyed but rebuild  
in 1711 and secularized by Jérome in 1810. For 190 years the church  
was used as a barn, a hovel, a distillery and a sty."

from PlaybillArts
"But a group of musicologists decided several years ago to take its  
title at face value, and initiated a 639-year performance of the work  
on a church organ in Halberstadt, Germany (the length was chosen to  
match the age of the organ).

The performance began in September 2001 with the inflation of the  
organ's bellows, followed by 18 months of silence. In February 2003,  
a chord was heard, and in July 2004 two notes were added. The new  
chord—an A, a C, and an F-sharp—will last until 2012.

According to the Times, the performance is being carried out with the  
help of sandbags placed on the keys."



regards

BobC





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