1. Composing Concrete Music

2. Listening John Cage: “Williams Mix” (from the listening list) The Williams Mix is a collage piece, made from pre-recorded sounds on tape.  The score provides realization instructions. You actually place audio tape on the score, cutting the tape according to the diagrams.  Separates process, from materials, and ultimately from the composition itself.

3. Reading Assignment From Audio Culture: John Cage, “The Future of Music: Credo” (pp. 25 - 28)  First, read the text IN ALL CAPS, skipping over the sections of text in between the capitalized sections.  Second, read the whole text straight through. The “normal text” sections are elaborations/explanations on the CAPITALIZED sections.

4. John Cage (additional info) BBC Music Profiles: John Cage http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/cage.s html http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/cage.s html Wikipedia: John Cage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage Larry Austin’s original recreation of the Williams Mix, explained at http://sfsound.org/tape/CageAustin.html http://sfsound.org/tape/CageAustin.html

5. Upcoming Due Dates Quiz 1: 1/31. Reading and lectures, plus listening list. Review in class on 1/26. Project 1: 1/31, at the beginning of class.

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