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ArchivesSatie the anagrammatist of Musicians
in reply to a message by Selwyn
A remarkable Satie composition is Vexations, which repeats combinations of the same notes 840 times. John Cage organized the first recording of it in 1963 in New York, taking a relay team of 10 pianists more than 18 hours to perform.
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Fascinating and cool bit of info, Priapos and Selwyn. Although we have a CD boxed set of Satie's music in our collection (including his Gymnopedies) I don't believe we have his Vexations. Must find it now! :)
John tells me to recommend Mozart to Priapos as another "anagrammist of musicians" -- specifically Mozart's diabolical piece titled "A Musical Dice Game". :)
-- Nanaea
John tells me to recommend Mozart to Priapos as another "anagrammist of musicians" -- specifically Mozart's diabolical piece titled "A Musical Dice Game". :)
-- Nanaea
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Ultracool piece! And you can even replicate Mozart's experiment at home thanks to http://sunsite.univie.ac.at/Mozart/dice/ :)
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Hey PriaposLov and Nanaea
Have either of you heard any Sergei Prokofiev or Edvard Grieg? Prokofiev's most famous piece is Peter and the Wolf (I think), but I've tried his Sonata for Two Violins, Opus 56. Grieg composed three sonatas for violin and piano, but I can't quite recall the titles. You might be able to find some old recordings of them somewhere. If you do listen to them, could you give me your opinions of them?
Phyllis
Have either of you heard any Sergei Prokofiev or Edvard Grieg? Prokofiev's most famous piece is Peter and the Wolf (I think), but I've tried his Sonata for Two Violins, Opus 56. Grieg composed three sonatas for violin and piano, but I can't quite recall the titles. You might be able to find some old recordings of them somewhere. If you do listen to them, could you give me your opinions of them?
Phyllis
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