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The Well-Prepared Piano by Richard Bunger |
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| Item Type: Sound Recording |
Duration: 81 min |
| Event Type: Interview and Music |
Program Origin: KPFA |
Charles Amirkhanian introduces the American pianist Richard Bunger who has written a book titled “The Well Prepared Piano” and has released a fine album of new music for prepared and unprepared piano on Avant (AV 1008). Bunger plays music by John Cage, Henry Cowell, Harold Budd, and E. T. Paull live in the studio, and we hear other pieces from recordings, including “The Perilous Night” by John Cage, “Prelude No. 4 for Piano and Tape” by Morton Subotnick, and “Chorale for Quarter Tone Piano” by Charles Ives. Bunger also gives a very complete demonstration on how to prepare the piano for a performance of “A Valentine Out of Season” by John Cage, and then performs the entire piece. |
| Musical Selections: |
The Perilous Night (1944) / John Cage -- Paul Revere’s Ride: march twostep (1905) / E. T. Paull -- The Dragonfly Cymbal / Harold Budd -- The Banshee (1925) / Henry Cowell -- Prelude No. 4 for Piano and Tape (1966) / Morton Subotnick -- A Valentine Out of Season (1944) / John Cage -- Chorale for Quarter Tone Piano (1923-24) / Charles Ives -- The Aeolian Harp (1923) / Henry Cowell |
| Performers: |
Richard Bunger, piano |
| Genres: |
New Music; Electro-Acoustic / Electronic |
| Subject: |
Bunger, Richard; Cage, John; Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965; New music; 20th century classical; Prepared piano music; Marches (Piano); Piano music; Electro-acoustic; Electronic music; Microtonal music |
| People: |
Amirkhanian, Charles; Bunger, Richard; Cage, John; Paull, E. T., 1858-1924; Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965; Subotnick, Morton ; Ives, Charles, 1874-1954 |
| Recording Date: |
5/17/1973 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
5/17/1973 |
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