Cage, chance & The I Ching by M. Jensen

Oh, yes, it's John Cage again. It just that the latest The Musical Times Summer 2009 issue happened to have an article about Cage and I Ching, and it's written by a composer! How could I let it go pass without any notice?!


Marc G. Jensen. (2009) John Cage, chance operations, and the chaos game: age and the I ching. The Musical Times Summer 2009 Vol 150 No 1907. Ed. Antony Bye. Herts: The Musical Times Publications Ltd. pp. 97-102.

Steven Snow's Cooking Class

這一篇其實著手寫於法國巴黎歌劇院芭蕾之前, 但上週行程太緊, 完全沒有喘息的空閒, 反倒是讓週末看的芭蕾捷足先登, 趁著心情還激動時, 一口氣寫完.

上週是大學生考試最後一週, 整個忙到快掛掉. 特別是星期二, 早上代一個朋友的班, 接下來上完我自己的班, 之後連見三個考生, 到晚上六點已經馬不停蹄的工作快十二個小時, 但心情卻是雀躍的, 全因晚上的這一堂烹飪課.

The Paris Opera Ballet

全世界歷史最悠久的芭蕾舞團, 果然是名不虛傳. 燙金的節目單上寫著從法王路易十四以降近三百年的簡史, 兼之順手拈來的一長串在芭蕾舞界舉足輕重的傑出團友及舞者, 只能說就算囂張也是有一種理所當然的氣氛.

這次搬出豪華曲目La Bayadère '舞姬', Rudolf Nureyev 杜魯夫.雷里耶夫的版本. 端是叫我看的目眩神迷, 久久不能自已. 終場拍到手爛掉, 走回家一路傻笑, 彷彿是被第三幕舞姬影影綽綽的幽靈勾去大半三魂七魄, 心蕩神搖.

John Cage

Source Reading in Music History Oliver Strunk (ed. copy right 1978): Morgan Robert (Revised edition) (1998) Volume 7 The twentieth Century Leo Treitler (General ed.) W. W. Norton & Company: New York.

Igor Stravinsky

Source Reading in Music History Oliver Strunk (ed. copy right 1978):
Morgan Robert (Revised edition) (1998) Volume 7 The twentieth Century
Leo Treitler (General ed.) W. W. Norton & Company: New York.

Schoenberg to Busoni

Source Reading in Music History Oliver Strunk (ed. copy right 1978):

Morgan Robert (Revised edition) (1998) Volume 7 The twentieth Century

Leo Treitler (General ed.) W. W. Norton & Company: New York.