John Cage: The Wonderful widow of eighteen springs (1942)
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John Cage (1912-1992): The Wonderful widow of eighteen springs (1942).
Cathy Berberian, voce.
Registrazione live effettuata a Venezia il 11/09/1967.
Cover image: John Cage e Cathy Berberian
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Wow !
No other performer I've heard has the richness of Cathy Berberian's voice. I first came to the piece from her performance in her lecture/recital from "Monteverdi to the Beatles". There is an Italian version of the recital on KZread. It's worth a listen.
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thank you, Gwailo54
†hanks The composition is based, according to Cage himself, on the impressions received from the passage… The vocal line only uses three pitches, while the piano remains closed and the pianist produces sounds by hitting the lid or other parts of the instrument in a variety of ways … Cage later composed another piece for voice and closed piano, A Flower, and a companion piece to The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, called Nowth upon Nacht, also based on Joyce's book.
The lyrics are taken from "Finnegan´s wake" by James Joyce
Love it. Weird, but cool.
nice!
Based on James Joyce's Finnegans Wake