A displaced Californian composer writes about music made for the long while & the world around that music. ~
The avant-garde is flexibility of mind. — John Cage ~
...composition is only a very small thing, taken as a part of music as a whole, and it really shouldn't be separated from music making in general. — Douglas Leedy ~
My God, what has sound got to do with music! — Charles Ives
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
12 Strikes and You're Out
Amazon identifies a title, From Chords to Simultaneities: Chordal Indeterminancy and the Failure of Serialism, as belonging to a series of Contributions in Criminology and Penology.
That is the funniest thing I've seen in a week.
ReplyDeleteMaybe editing Amazon web pages is the day job for some minimalist...
ReplyDeleteOr the Amazon editor felt it was criminal to have to wade through the title and description.
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