Question: “A notation should be directed to a large extent towards the people who read it, rather than towards the sounds they will make.” (Cornelius Cardew, 1961) Discuss.
Answer: The endeavours of some Experimentalist composers in the 1950s and 1960s, including Cornelius Cardew and John Cage (parenthetically, Cage’s own quote, ‘Let the notations refer to what is to be done, not what is to be heard’ , has resonances with the title quote) were a purposeful reaction to the determinacy of the Serialists. However, the notions of integral serialism and indeterminacy shared common elements in some eyes...(short extract)
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- Subject: Music
- Course: Music
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 70%
- Words: 2199
- Date submitted: February 01, 2010
- Date written: April, 2001
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2489
