Heinrich Lindlar’s review of the Cologne concert that featured John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra is by far the most negative. He describes the concert as a “suicidal enterprise” (selbstmörderisches Unternehmen), and “killing spree” (Amoklauf). With respect to Cage’s indeterminate score, Lindlar notes the way the composer conducted the work by turning his arms in the manner of a clock, describing it as a “cruel game” (grausame Spiel). In a moral panic about the future of contemporary music, he questions why the work was broadcast on television.
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Title | “Was man hörte, war verwirrend: Fragwürdiges Funk-Konzert aus Köln mit ‘Musik der Zeit,’” Die Welt |
Maker | Heinrich Lindlar |
Date | 25 September 1958 |
Type | press clipping |
Location | Getty Research Institute, David Tudor Papers, 980039, box 62, folder 13 |
Cite
Lindlar, Heinrich. “Was man hörte, war verwirrend:
Fragwürdiges Funk-Konzert aus Köln mit ‘Musik der
Zeit,’” Die Welt, 25 September 1958. Getty
Research Institute, David Tudor Papers, 980039, box
62, folder 13. In
The Scores Project: Experimental Notation in Music,
Art, Poetry, and Dance, 1950–1975, ed. Michael Gallope, Natilee Harren, and John
Hicks. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2025.
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