Saturday, July 21, 2012

Philip Glass and John Cage


Said young Philip Glass to his men,
"That sounded good, play it again.
And again and again
And again and again
And again and again and again."

Inspired by something I read about John Cage saying he considered audience noise to be part of the composition: 


One evening in Paris Cage sat
Down to dinner at Boulez's flat.
But ere they could start,
Pierre launched a fart.
Sniffed Johnny, "I coulda wrote that!"