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In a message dated 00-05-15 23:07:05 EDT, you write:

<< "The present day composer refuses to die."
  >>



chuck,
and another pithy quote i recall in reference to "musical accessability"  ( 
ie: making a living ) was: "you can be a virgin or a whore".  still seems to 
be true today long after the masters departure.
charles ives..... another visionary of orchestral type "modern" music........
best,
dave v.

In a message dated 5/15/2000 8:07:02 PM, doctorq@... writes:

>"The present day composer refuses to die."

Well, what's that smell then?
JB

That's a DE-composer.

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In a message dated 5/15/2000 8:07:02 PM, doctorq@... writes:

>"The present day composer refuses to die."

Well, what's that smell then?
JB

I used that one in an old paper I did about defining a postmodern music. It 
went something like, "while a poststructuralist literary theorist might 
deconstruct a text, all a postmodern musician does is decompose." It also had 
something like, "John Cage said 'if something bores you after ten minutes, 
then do it for twenty' make a career out of it and you're Philip Glass."

Boy, two lists are really quiet now -- speaking of Cage.
JB

In a message dated 5/16/2000 8:29:46 AM, ken.tkacs@... writes:

>That's a DE-composer.

>In a message dated 5/15/2000 8:07:02 PM, doctorq@... writes:
>
>>"The present day composer refuses to die."
>
>Well, what's that smell then?

In a message dated 00-05-16 21:11:34 EDT, you write:

<< John Cage said 'if something bores you after ten minutes, 
 then do it for twenty' make a career out of it and you're Philip Glass." >>



john,
gee, having met cage and having the chance to talk with him for an hour or 
so, i`m almost surprised he`d say something like that ( at least in print or 
as an attributible quote ) as he seemed to be a very quiet, gentlemanly sort 
of person. very strong opinions but very polite.
best,
dave v.

Sorry I wasn't more clear. Cage did say something like, (though I forget 
where) "if something is boring after ten minutes, then repeat it for twenty 
and you'll find something interesting. If you don't, then repeat it for forty 
and eventually something interesting will come out."

John Barlow said, "make a career out of it, and your Philip Glass."

Gotta watch the use of that quote within a quote (double quote means 
something someone said, single quote within a double means someone said that 
someone said -- in the UK this is reversed).

I can attest to Cage's strong opinions as well, and actually Glass seemed 
like a very amicable guy (and I have to admit I've got a few of his records 
and have seen him live as well).

JB

In a message dated 5/16/2000 7:58:09 PM, davevosh@... writes:

><< John Cage said 'if something bores you after ten minutes, 
> then do it for twenty' make a career out of it and you're Philip Glass."
>>>
>
>
>
>john,
>gee, having met cage and having the chance to talk with him for an hour
>or 
>so, i`m almost surprised he`d say something like that ( at least in print
>or 
>as an attributible quote ) as he seemed to be a very quiet, gentlemanly
>sort 
>of person. very strong opinions but very polite.
>

In a message dated 00-05-16 23:43:59 EDT, you write:

<< 
 Sorry I wasn't more clear. Cage did say something like, (though I forget 
 where) "if something is boring after ten minutes, then repeat it for twenty 
 and you'll find something interesting. If you don't, then repeat it for 
forty 
 and eventually something interesting will come out."
 
 John Barlow said, "make a career out of it, and your Philip Glass."
 
 Gotta watch the use of that quote within a quote (double quote means 
 something someone said, single quote within a double means someone said that 
 someone said -- in the UK this is reversed).
  >>



john,
oops! i`m an idiot......i missed that completely about the quoting stuff.
i`ve never seen philip glass but cages "hpschd" was very cool. 
best,
dave v.