Like there isn't already enough Crumby music out there. %-) Any problem with Magic Marker, or Sharpie on the strings? Which is better (worse), Post-it wax, or permanent marker? Seems like the marker would leave less residue. Just wondering. Ron At 10:50 PM 3/5/99 -0600, you wrote: >Alan Crane wrote: > >> >>This year, WSU's Contemporary Music Festival will include a performance of >>George Crumb's "Makrokosmos 1," a hands-on (hands-in) piece for amplified >>piano, metal pick and chain, etc. The performer is a visiting artist. >> >>We don't have a 'designated-hitter' piano to use for non-traditional and >>special-effects performances so it will be done on one of the concert >>instruments, probably a Bosendorfer 225 (7'4"). >> >>I'd appreciate any good advice, anecdotes, and general words of wisdom from >>folks who have dealts with this piece either as techs or performers. > >The first performance of both the first and second volumes of Crumb's >Makrokosmos together on one concert was on February 4, 1975 at your own >Wichita State University. The pianist was David Burge; I still have the >program. I performed a portion of the work at the University of Kansas a >few weeks later, on March 1, 1975. > >The work is fairly tame in terms of "prepared piano." As I recall, the >worst thing is that string nodes need to be marked, and some notes >probably need to be marked so the pianist has some "bearings" inside the >piano where there are no familiar black/white key patterns. > >In this day and age I would suggest Post-it type stickers and/or >_removable_ tape, neither of which were available way back when. Stickers >cut from the sticky part of Post-its should stick but will be easily >removable with little or no residue, especially if removed immediately >after the performance. > >I think this piece can be performed with no damage to the piano, dampers, >or strings, especially if you can suggest that only removable adhesives >be used. > >Kent Swafford > > Ron
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