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Ich gehe ins Vorzimmer, um dort einen Nagel einzuschlagen. - Während ich
dorthin gehe, kommt mir der Gedanke, lieber auszugehen, - Ich lasse mich
treiben, steige in die Elektrische, komme zur Eisenbahn, fahre fort und
komme schließlich - nach Amerika! - Das ist die Modulation!
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Anton Webern
Modulation
The above text was taken from Anton Webern, The Path to the New Music,
Universal Edition, 1963, edited by Willi Reich, [Translated by Leo
Black.] Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Co., in Association
with Universal Edition. Reprinted London: Universal Edition, 1975.
(Translation of Wege zur neuen Musik. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1960.)
Lecture IV The Path to the composition with twelve tones (first part -
Lecture held by Anton Webern on February 4th, 1932 in Vienna)
Thanks to Stephan Wunderlich for the hint to this text passage.
Further nformation on
Anton Webern.
Interesting too the
WebernUhrWerk
- generative music generator by Karlheinz Essl, based on Anton Webern's
last twelve-tone row, commemorating his sudden death on 15 September
1945. - Free download for Mac OS X and Windows XP.
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