John Cage, the American experimental music composer and writer, is renowned for his composition 4'33" whose three movements are performed without playing a single note. Cage, whose conception of silence and openness to all sounds was liberating. And he criticizes indeterminate compositions-such as his own "Music of Changes" (1951) is composed by the tossing of coins-thatare indeterminate with respect to composition but determinate with respect to performance. Being indeterminate brings about the possibility of a unique form. Then any composition allows more freedom to the performer than to the composer. Cage favors a radical indeterminacy: compositions that are indeterminate with respect to their performance. There are certain practical matters to discuss that concern the performance of music the composition of which is indeterminate with respect to it's performance. Avant-garde Jazz, Free improvisation, these matters concern the physical space and spirituality of the performance. I want to concentrate on both the visual and the experimental music elements and put them together, I want to do more free improvisation... I want performers to be free to play.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
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