Rick NanceA short, 'slightly' pedantic bio. Check the NEWS link.

"It is amusing to ask if the designations 'plastic music', indeed 'plastic sound', would not be appropriate." (author's translation)"On sait qu'il s'amusa a se demander si les qualificatifs de 'musique plastique', voire de 'plastique sonore' ne conviendraient pas."

(Pierre Schaeffer, 1952)

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The violinist came to Stravinsky and said he was sorry, he had tried his best, the passage was too difficult, no violinist could play it. Stravinsky said, 'I understand that. What I am after is the sound of someone trying to play it.'" Parables This should have happened 50 years ago. Now it has. Taking it back to the ears.Analogies of Control

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