Re: John Cage recordings

["Dennis W. Leas" <dennis@mdbs.com>]

After thinking about this a great deal (do I have too much time or what?) I
conclude it all depends on what you mean by classical music.  I consider
many of Cage's ideas to be the antithesis of classical music, such as using
chance operations, incorporation of noise, minimizing the "intention" of 
the
composer, etc.  He spoke of his music as if it were an alternative to the
classical approach.  To my ear, much of his music is the opposite of, say,
Bach's Fugues.  On the other hand, he studied composition and music theory
and notated his compositions.

It makes me wonder where looper music will be classified in fifty years.

Dennis Leas
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dennis@mdbs.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Unit Circle Media <unitcirc@unitcircle.com>
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: John Cage recordings


>Umm, I'm not sure where else you would find him.  While his music was
>very progressive for it's time, it and he were completely grounded in
>"traditional" classical music.