THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, January 24, 19-1 1 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, January 24, 1971 From then 'til now -- Cage in sequence COME TO TOWN and COUNTRY RESTAURANT Fine Food Chops, Steaks, & Shrimp Soul Food Home Cooked Open Pit Barbeque -Open- 6 a.m. till 9 p.m.-Mon.-Thurs. 6 a.m. till 3 a.m.-Fri.-Sot. 8 a.m. till 7:30 p.m.-Sunday 730 NORTH MAIN Deliver and Coternq 769-2330 n, Buy Your YEARBOOK MCIANENSIA6 (Continued from Page 2) phasis is more to the moment than in serial music, but each moment is a serially "musical" moment. Of particular interest is the constant chromaticism, in some ways suggestive of a con- tinuous jazz form, in the sec- ond piece of the set. Not enough can be said of Cage's prepared piano works. They are beautiful in sound and organization and are- always as pleasant as at f i r s t listening. Some of these sounds are un- usually subtle in contrast. "Bacchanale" (1938), Cage's first prepared piano work, ori- ginally commissioned as a dance work, is as boisterous as the title might suggest. This is not as aurally refined as some of the later prepared piano works, but it is extremely enjoyable. It is impossible to describe verbally the effect of this mu- sic. The album is the only really obvious solution. "The Perilous Night" (Winter 1943-44) is of particular inter- est for the variety and subtlety of the prepared sounds. Cage, in this piece, had constructed a virtual orchestra from this one instrument. Some of the sound repetitions, particularly when timbral quality is emphasized, are wonderful. . "Tossed as It is Untroubled"' (1943), "A Valentine Out of Season" (1944), and "Root of an Unfocus" (1944) belong togeher in description: each piece de- velops some characteristic of the prepared instrument. "Root of an Unfocus" deserves separ- ate mention for its strident re- petitive sounds. It seems dif- ficult to believe this piece has been produced with no reference to some manipulative technique (tape manipulation or electronic sound generation). Here Cage deserves as much credit for the invention of the sound as for the organization. More pleasant listening than any other pieces of this collec- tion are "Two Pieces" (1946) for piano. Cage has stated that he believes his music should fol- low the Zen tenet of preparing an atmosphere for the reception of divine influences., In t h i s case, Cage has seemingly pro- vided both the atmosphere and the influence. The sounds of these pieces are placed at a fai. distance from one another. The context, however, is still strict- ly sequential. "Suite for Toy Piano" (1948) is a piece which seems extremely conscious of the music-box sound characteristic of this in- strument. This influence m a y also be seen in a piano work written the same year, "Dream". Here Cage explores similar relationships as those available to the toy piano, only, of course, on an instrument with a greater range and a dif- ferent timbral characteristic. In short ,this two record set contains some of the more in- teresting contemporary music available written by a composer who is already considered one of the greater influences in this twentieth century art. H 1l fi, at your favorite bookstore ON SALE NOW AT: Chicago III DOUBLE ALBUM $5.77 A HI-FI BUYS RECORD SPECIAL III FolI letts Slaters Ulrichs Al. ' t University Cellar. $7.00 'til Jan. 31 Mon., Jan. 25, 7-9 p.m.; students must have written permissionsfromformer DAILY OFFICIAL instructor, and sign up in German Dept. office, 1076 Frieze Bldg. by noon, BULLETIN Jan. 26: Rooms: Germ. 101 in 3008 ers in 3504 FB, ::>:;>: ":": ;,;; t If you wish to do your teaching Fall Term: Report to the Secondary Direct- SNAJANUARY 24, 1971 ed Teaching Ofe., rip. 2292, SEB, no s ,4,- later than Jan. 25, to pick up nec. 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