URL: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/lmj

Language(s): English

Keyword(s):

Indeterminacy ,  Historical Electroacoustic Devices ,  Live Electronics ,  Electronic Music ,  Experimental Music

Abstract:

In this article, the author chronicles his involvement in Reunion, a 1968 collaborative performance featuring John Cage, Marcel Duchamp and Teeny Duchamp, with electronic music by David Behrman, Gordon Mumma, David Tudor and Lowell Cross. After addressing some misconceptions about Reunion, the author outlines specific details about the conditions surrounding the performance and the sound distributing chessboard he built, he then offers an interpretation of the event.

All references of the same author:

(English)

Cross, Lowell (1968). Electronic Music, 1948-1953