Photo: copyright by Rolf Langebartels
Philip Corner
Gamelan EVERYDAY (outdoors)
A composition by Philip Corner for miscellaneous objects, maybe natural
or manmade (but no musical instruments). The sounding objects are set up
in the order of their perceived pitches, starting with the highest sound
down to the lowest; in that way each gets a certain number. All objects
are played as percussion elements in that sequential series. At each
object the number of hits corresponds to the number of the object in the
sequence.
Gallery Giannozzo
, Berlin arranged the concert on June 25th, 1983 at
Platz am Lietzensee, Berlin. On the invitation card for the concert
people were asked to bring sounding objects. Philip Corner examined them
for their pitches. For the concert he hanged them from a line between
the trees. He played the objects in the direction from the highest sound
down to the lowest sound; another player played in reversed
direction.
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