| Author | Message | ||
| alembic_doctor
Intermediate Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 195 Registered: 8-2002 |
http://www.well.com/user/bryan/waltz.html | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 715 Registered: 2-2005 |
More works from Bryan. | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1183 Registered: 2-2006 |
What the,....is that a,...where is....that uh..................... | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1184 Registered: 2-2006 |
....................................................................never mind,.......I need a nap..... | ||
| byoung
Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 549 Registered: 12-2004 |
Ow. My tummy hurts. | ||
| chuck
Member Username: chuck Post Number: 86 Registered: 3-2005 |
This is hilarious, Ten bucks to ten first person that can play this. Chuck | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 779 Registered: 6-2002 |
I don't mind taking a solo in bar 5 if you like....lol Jazzyvee | ||
| foth
Intermediate Member Username: foth Post Number: 141 Registered: 12-2004 |
I'd like to hear the original cro-magnon skinning chant. | ||
| terryc
Intermediate Member Username: terryc Post Number: 125 Registered: 11-2004 |
Okay I have just picked up on this one..this has got to be a joke..has anyone tried to download from Limewire yet?? I think this score can best be described as getting as many string intruments as you can and throwing them in a cement mixer and recording the resultant cacophony Is it a early April Fools joke?? | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1393 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hm, there was one of those in the solfège class room - but I never bothered to look at it in sufficient detail. The captions are hilarious! Anyone for a bit of Ives? | ||
| beelee
Intermediate Member Username: beelee Post Number: 173 Registered: 11-2004 |
This is a riot...........LMAO !!!! Cool Timpani with small fan..............insert peanuts............gradually become agitated...........like a dirigible.................release the penguins..................remove cattle from stage.....................bow real fast slippage may occur.......balance your chair on 2 legs rotfl !!!! | ||
| pace
Advanced Member Username: pace Post Number: 316 Registered: 4-2004 |
I had a professor in school who would make a good amount of $$$ on the side composing works that were impossible (or damn near) to perform.... just a thought.... | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1394 Registered: 6-2002 |
Pace - is that a joke on the professor's avant-garde music? Bands like Doctor Nerve can play improbably complicated pieces, but they don't exactly rake in the money. | ||
| jags
Intermediate Member Username: jags Post Number: 129 Registered: 12-2006 |
stu hamm may be able to get a grip on this piece of sheet music | ||
| laytonco
Member Username: laytonco Post Number: 66 Registered: 3-2005 |
FOR SALE: All my musical equipment. I quit! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 800 Registered: 6-2002 |
I'm more than happy to take your tribute off you then :-) Jazzyvee | ||
| pace
Advanced Member Username: pace Post Number: 319 Registered: 4-2004 |
No Adriaan, no joke. The money is in publishing a score and selling it to the avant conductor who is looking for a challenge..... Ballet Mechanique existed and was attempted for how many years before Paul Lehrman pulled it off a few years back?!? | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1397 Registered: 6-2002 |
Pace - I didn't know Lehrman. The Antheil site - quite an enjoyable site! - mentions the Ensemble Moderne's earlier performances: I have the Ensemble Moderne "Fighting the waves" CD, but can't find the issue date right now - so Lehrman in 1999 was probably the US première of the original score, but Europe got there first (well, Antheil's original premières were in Europe too, so blèh). Here's a sample from the Lithuanian Night section of the Ballet Méchanique, from the Ensembe Moderne CD - unfortunately no player pianos to be heard. The player allows you to select samples from other CDs as well. (Message edited by adriaan on April 05, 2007) | ||
| pace
Advanced Member Username: pace Post Number: 320 Registered: 4-2004 |
Adriaan, I was a stage tech for Lehrman's performance (I actually think I got credited on the album too!).... Yamaha was gratious enough to loan us the 16 player pianos~ that was the one aspect of the score that had never been pulled off before. Having all of those pianos going onstage at the same time was insane. Thanks for the links!!! -Mike | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1398 Registered: 6-2002 |
Mike, You win hands down! Ensemble Moderne did it with 2 player pianos for the 16 parts - wussies! That must have been quite an experience. Did you run into any propellors? | ||
| pace
Advanced Member Username: pace Post Number: 321 Registered: 4-2004 |
Adriaan, Id love to hear another performance of it.... Considering that a lot of the player piano parts are doubled, you can definitely do it with less.... Lehrman wrote the book on MIDI, literally. So syncing up the 16 pianos was the challenge at the time. Unfortunately the propellors were "flown in"... if you look at the pics from the Lowell show, you can see the speakers on sticks behind some of the player pianos..... But the bell alarms were real & on rigging above the ensemble. The most intense part of the performance were the two "human" pianists.... I still remember watching Juanita Tsu bang out some of those sequences with a fierce amount of energy. Sorry to hijack the thread....  -Mike | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1400 Registered: 6-2002 |
What thread? You lost me there. ;-) (Message edited by adriaan on April 06, 2007) |
