• A monumental composition for piano solo

    From HT@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 25 09:27:40 2022
    My favourite magazine published an 'English translation' [sic] of a musical score (N.B. typos are part of the score):

    'one performer
    the performer determines a sound.
    the duration of the performance is not
    determined.the performer does not use a watch.
    the performer plays the sound lasting three to
    seven seconds three times during the duration
    of the performance.
    for itself.simple.

    I have to thank a Dutch pianist for the following explanation:

    'If in a performance only three sounds in a performance are intentionally made ... how can they not be monumental?'

    The piece is monumental unless the listener can prove otherwise.

    BTW, the repetition of 'in a performance' in the explanation is as meaningful as the third note in the score

    Henk

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  • From Notsure01@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 25 19:14:27 2022
    On 10/25/22 12:27 PM, HT wrote:
    My favourite magazine published an 'English translation' [sic] of a musical score (N.B. typos are part of the score):

    'one performer
    the performer determines a sound.
    the duration of the performance is not
    determined.the performer does not use a watch.
    the performer plays the sound lasting three to
    seven seconds three times during the duration
    of the performance.
    for itself.simple.

    I have to thank a Dutch pianist for the following explanation:

    'If in a performance only three sounds in a performance are intentionally made ... how can they not be monumental?'

    The piece is monumental unless the listener can prove otherwise.

    BTW, the repetition of 'in a performance' in the explanation is as meaningful as the third note in the score

    Henk


    Noted! (But for sure laughs I'm sticking with 4'33")

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  • From number_six@21:1/5 to hvt. on Tue Oct 25 16:25:49 2022
    On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 9:27:43 AM UTC-7, hvt. wrote:

    ''If in a performance only three sounds in a performance are intentionally made ... how can they not be monumental?'

    The piece is monumental unless the listener can prove otherwise.

    On both statements of monumentality, I would shift the presumption /burden of proof.

    I think the Dutch piano player in question is either being a puckish prankster or a serious charlatan...

    Sample size is too small for me to be conclusory

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