May-May@-~-

Music of 20thC composers

Today had a very interesting music history lesson. This sem we are learning on the music of the composer after post war (after 1945).
Then, Dr Tan went through with us few composition composed in 1960s. She showed us this composer call La monte Young. amazing and sicko composition.
There's few I could roughly remember:
1. push the piano to the wall in a direction, pushed all the way into the wall, pushed till the performer is tired, tat's the end of the piece. (see wat I meant?) there's no notes
2. have few butterflies in a room, let the butterflies out, when they all flew out of the window of the room, tat's the end of the piece.
Argghh... don't understand. But very innotative.

Another composer, is Annea Lockwood, a new zealander.
She composed a piano burning piece. Yes literally burn the piano.
Check out this website, this guy performed this piece but with a baby grand
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/arts/music/staff/mh/burning.html

I'm felt so pain for the piano.

posted by *May*@-`- @ 5:36:00 PM