Sonata V by John Cage for Prepared Piano, from Sonatas and Interludes, performed by Inara Ferreira. Recorded at the FAU Theater - Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton - FL
John Cage is usually too "out there" for me, but this has an odd charm to it. I like the bell qualities on some of the notes and the repetition is actually somewhat soothing.
John Cage would be absolutely amazed at the rate digital music has progressed that you can create any sound and synchronise into the music. There's no need to use nails anymore.
Ah, but ain't it more fun to just randomly try stuff and hear what you get? Half of "The Wild Bull" by Subotnick was experiments that he liked and saved. Looks like he got the thread about 2/3rds into it. My own prepared piano was fun times--random and recorded. My quarter tone synth stuff is fun too, random and recorded -- after all, even music we know is different each time because WE are different listeners than we were yesterday.
Cage was not just interested in getting a certain sound, he was about curating objects within his immediate field and showing that everything is music... so in that sense he would still be interested in "using nails"
This really forces you to read and play what is written and not what your brain wants you to hear. This would be a great way to teach you how to read music.
I'm actually working on a video on John Cage's sonatas and in the disclaimer I say, "Don't try this at home kids. Have a trained professional assist you in preparing your piano"
@@Edgelordess I ask, where to get the "trained piano preparer"? And I otherwise must disagree! What's an instrument for except to mess with it? I randomly prepared pianos twice in my life and recorded straight away with wild and satisfying results. Experiment! Why bother to play Cage? Do your own stuff! I'm sure that's what all composers would say.
So, after listening to lots of pieces by Schönberg and some others in music lessons, it was a big pleasure to hear anything that isn't completely crazy... And although this is a new sound to hear and Cage definitly not pleases everyone I am a big fan of this piece and his 4'33
@@lex3729 Totally right, John Cage was listening to a lot of music from different parts of the world. I've also hear that most of the extended techniques in music, very popular in avant-garde jazz for example, came from Asia (or at least they made similar stuff years before in occident they even started to play with it).
*This on a piano* Some people: ThiS iSnT MmuSIc *exactly this but allegedly on bongos and oriental string instruments* Same people: Most interesting indeed, intricate musical textures right here.
for those wondering why the piano called prepared, it's basically preparation for going to trash😑 it's like you can't simply throw it to wasteland, you've got to prepare it for the last trip
The genre is Prepared piano , and if im not mistaken john cage was asked to write a piece for an africsn culture ? And they wanted drums and stuff in the piece but the room they were in didn't have enough space so he stuck erasers , screws little plastic things that you can have on bread onto the piano and made diffrent sounds which wad never dont before. And thats how Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano was made. Yall i just remember from Music Appriciation lol
These sound really cool for a bit, but really only as a rhythmic, percussive sound. There is no real pitch variation and it begins to sound monotonous. They should perhaps blend prepared and normal pitches for variety. Also, I would never do this to a piano.
I believe sometimes they do prepare only part of the piano, playing the rest as normal. The piano's fine btw, if the technician is competent, this is supposed to be non-destructive.
Excelente interpretacion, alcanza las entrelineas conceptuales y musicales q John Cage queria q se captaran en su musica,mas alla de lo obvio, muy bien, felicidades...
What I'd like to know is if they have a piano separated for specifically this piece or do they put in and take out the nuts and bolts each time someone wants to play
Imagine going into a concert hall to prepare for a piano performance, and the concert hall music techs see you start sticking screws into their Steinway. lol If someone even looks funny at my pipe organ, I throw them over the loft railing.
@@maureenwalsh8752 A cheeseburger. Is a cheeseburger music? What about a jogger's sweaty underwear, is that music? How about the odor of an old dog's fart? I love music as much as the next person, but let's not lose our heads.
Nuts and bolts will give a much, much nicer tone than wood screws. You ought to try them sometime. But they'll void the warranty, so be careful. By the way, doesn't Yamaha have a patch on its portable keyboards called "CageScrews"?
