Morty and La Monte

D Beardsley (I think . . .) wrote:

>
>Speaking 'bout Morty, anybody out there notice how his music
>changed after La Monte showed up in NYC? Hmmm....
>

Really? When/which pieces, etc. etc. etc.

Tell more. . .

sounds interesting. . .

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Bailey" <cb202@...>

> D Beardsley (I think . . .) wrote:
>
> >
> >Speaking 'bout Morty, anybody out there notice how his music
> >changed after La Monte showed up in NYC? Hmmm....
> >
>
> Really? When/which pieces, etc. etc. etc.
>
> Tell more. . .
>
> sounds interesting. . .

I was mostly thinking of the Second String Quartet, but
there's also pieces like For Phillip Guston and other works
of long duration.

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David!
I can see the similarity in "concentration between the two ol guys but i
really find Morty even more minimal than La Monte at times and quite a
difference in construct. La Monte beats him when it comes t sonorities
though without a doubt. A inventive as MF was with 12 m you can only take it
so far.

David Beardsley wrote:

> I was mostly thinking of the Second String Quartet, but
> there's also pieces like For Phillip Guston and other works
> of long duration.
>

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
http://www.anaphoria.com

The Wandering Medicine Show
Wed. 8-9 KXLU 88.9 fm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kraig Grady" <kraiggrady@...>

> David!
> I can see the similarity in "concentration between the two ol guys but i
> really find Morty even more minimal than La Monte at times and quite a
> difference in construct. La Monte beats him when it comes t sonorities
> though without a doubt. A inventive as MF was with 12 m you can only take
it
> so far.

12 m?

dB

12 ET -who knows how that happened!

David Beardsley wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kraig Grady" <kraiggrady@...>
>
> > David!
> > I can see the similarity in "concentration between the two ol guys but i
> > really find Morty even more minimal than La Monte at times and quite a
> > difference in construct. La Monte beats him when it comes t sonorities
> > though without a doubt. A inventive as MF was with 12 m you can only take
> it
> > so far.
>
> 12 m?
>
> s/

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
http://www.anaphoria.com

The Wandering Medicine Show
Wed. 8-9 KXLU 88.9 fm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kraig Grady" <kraiggrady@...>

> 12 ET -who knows how that happened!

Ah - got ya. Anyways....

> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kraig Grady" <kraiggrady@...>
> >
> > > David!
> > > I can see the similarity in "concentration between the two ol guys but
i
> > > really find Morty even more minimal than La Monte at times and quite a
> > > difference in construct. La Monte beats him when it comes t sonorities
> > > though without a doubt.

La Monte tends to pull a Miles Davis trick a lot: reinvent the
instrument.The Harmon muted trumpets in the Four Dreams of China,
The Well Tuned Piano, maybe the Trio for Strings too? His
Kronos Kristalla for String Qt. sounded unique - the entire piece
was played on string harmonics.

>A inventive as MF was with 12 tet you can only take
> > it
> > > so far.

Like Schoenberg and Mahler, Feldman thought in 72tet but
composed in 12 tet because......just kidding. Wasn't that you on
the Feldman list (or maybe the tuning list) suggesting retuning
Morty or wouldn't he be perfect for JI? I'll have to try
a few things...someday...when I find the time...

dB