"Pendulum Music (For Microphones, Amplifiers Speakers and Performers)" is the name of a work by Steve Reich, involving suspended microphones and speakers, creating phasing feedback tones. The piece was composed in August 1968 and revised in May 1973.
Three or more microphones are suspended above the speakers by means of a cable and stand. The microphones are pulled back, switched on, and released over the speaker, and gravity causes them to swing back and forth as pendulums. As the microphone nears the speaker, a feedback tone is created. The music created is then the result of the process of the swinging microphones.
"The piece is ended sometime shortly after all mikes have come to rest and are feeding back a continuous tone by performers pulling the power cords of the amplifiers" "If it's done right, it's kind of funny".
"Writings About Music" contains a photo of a performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art on May 27, 1969. The performers there were Richard Serra, James Tenney, Bruce Nauman and Michael Snow".
From Wikipedia
(Mike Phillips, Tim Jordan, Doug Hedges)
sonic youth / Goodbye 20th Century / 1999
Sonic Youth despidió el siglo xx interpretando piezas de compositores vanguardistas como John Cage, Christian Wolff, Pauline Oliveros y Steve Reich entre otros. En esta selección esta incluida una versión de "pendulum music" (disco 1/6).
disco 1 / descargar
1. "Edges" (Christian Wolff) – 16:03
2. "Six (3rd Take)" (John Cage) – 3:03
3. "Six for New Time" (Pauline Oliveros) – 8:06
4. "+–" (Takehisa Kosugi) – 7:01
5. "Voice Piece for Soprano" (Yoko Ono) – 0:17
6. "Pendulum Music" (Steve Reich) – 5:55
1. "Edges" (Christian Wolff) – 16:03
2. "Six (3rd Take)" (John Cage) – 3:03
3. "Six for New Time" (Pauline Oliveros) – 8:06
4. "+–" (Takehisa Kosugi) – 7:01
5. "Voice Piece for Soprano" (Yoko Ono) – 0:17
6. "Pendulum Music" (Steve Reich) – 5:55
disco 2 / descargar
1. "Having Never Written a Note for Percussion" (James Tenney) – 9:09
2. "Six (4th Take)" (Cage ) – 2:10
3. "Burdocks" (Christian Wolff) – 13:12
4. "Four6" (Cage) – 30:01
5. "Piano Piece #13 (Carpenter's Piece)" for Nam June (George Maciunas) – 3:58
6. "Pièce enfantine" (Nicolas Slonimsky) – 1:28
7. "Treatise (Page 183)" (Cornelius Cardew) – 3:25
1. "Having Never Written a Note for Percussion" (James Tenney) – 9:09
2. "Six (4th Take)" (Cage ) – 2:10
3. "Burdocks" (Christian Wolff) – 13:12
4. "Four6" (Cage) – 30:01
5. "Piano Piece #13 (Carpenter's Piece)" for Nam June (George Maciunas) – 3:58
6. "Pièce enfantine" (Nicolas Slonimsky) – 1:28
7. "Treatise (Page 183)" (Cornelius Cardew) – 3:25
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario