tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post3219928322451975985..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Aleatory QuizBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-43661376428693858482014-10-24T06:11:46.125-05:002014-10-24T06:11:46.125-05:00Good score!! I think that on this quiz that is out...Good score!! I think that on this quiz that is outstanding. You know Boulez much better than I do. It is odd to realize that at exactly the same time these pieces were being written, that Shostakovich was writing his preludes and fugues in all the keys in homage to Bach.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-37297194592556353342014-10-24T01:53:43.790-05:002014-10-24T01:53:43.790-05:00I did the quiz and got 2/6 correct answers. I actu...I did the quiz and got 2/6 correct answers. I actually recognized the 2nd audio clip as I think I've listened to that part of Boulez's Piano Sonata No. 2 a few times (so that one was a bit unfair I suppose). Also guessed correctly that the 5th one was Cage. I could have probably gotten the same result by choosing the 2nd one correctly from previous listening experiences and using a random number generator for the other 5. With that said: It is indeed hard to guess which one is Cage, Stockhausen or Boulez. I think that someone (maybe Cage) is quoted in the Oxford History of Western Music saying that aleatory music can produce major or minor chords but in serialist music it is avoided.Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084578675339015204noreply@blogger.com