John Cage+Varese+Chavez percussion Philips Prospective

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Americana-- John Cage: First Construction In Metal (1937 for metal percussion instruments) / Edgard Varese: Ionisation (1931 for 37 percussion instruments) / Carlos Chavez: Tambuco (1964 for percussion); Toccata (1942 for percussion)


Philips prospective 21e siecle 6526 017 France undated LP Vinyl: vg+ (some light marks, plays with occasional light surface noise)
Cover: vg+ (small writing and sticker on back; minor wrinkles) Original beautiful reflective silver cover issue of this scarce 60s or 70s lp with Les Percussions de Strasbourg performing essential experimental percussion pieces by 20th century American composers. While working on his First Construction, Cage wrote, "Percussion music is revolution... Experiment must be carried out by hitting anything -- tin pans, rice bowls, iron pipes -- anything we can lay our hands on. Not only hitting, but rubbing, smashing, making sound in every possible way..." Cage's piece was written for an eccentric array of exclusively metal percussion including gamelans, sheets of iron, and automobile brake parts. Ionisation is Varese's landmark, genre-pioneering noise composition, considered the 2nd percussion-only composition in the entire history of western music; its instrumentation includes 2 sirens and several Cuban and Chinese devices, and here it is performed in a special composer-approved version for 6 performers (it was originally composed for 13). This record is part of the great Philips silver series of experimental music that issued legendary recordings by Francois Bayle, Bernard Parmegiani, Iannis Xenakis, Dubravko Detoni, Luc Ferrari, Pierre Henry, etc.

Chavez was a Mexican composer who associated with Edgard Varese and Aaron Copeland. Cage, arguably the most influential American composer of the 20th century, was known for his innovative use of chance methods, silence, found sounds, and extended playing and electroacoustic treatment techniques on traditional instruments; he studied under Henry Cowell and Arnold Schoenberg, led the New York School of early postwar experimental composers (Earle Brown, Christian Wolff, Morton Feldman), was a contemporary of Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis, colaborated with Conlon Nancarrow, David Tudor, Lou Harrison, Lejaren Hiller, and Merce Cunnigham, and was associated with the Fluxus 'post-dada' art movement (Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, George Maciunas, Joseph Beuys, La Monte Young, Milan Knizak, etc.). Varese studied under under d'Indy, Roussel, Widor, Debussy and Rolland, and was an associate of Richard Strauss, Erik Satie, Alban Berg, Henry Cowell, Anton Webern, Igor Stravinsky, Charles Ives, John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Pierre Schaeffer. Check out my other auctions this week for more Philips prospective 21e siecle, avant garde/experimental, early electronic/electroacoustic/synthesizer, jazz/improv, 20th century classical, microtonal, minimalist, audiophile, and sound art records. Shipping - US shipping is 4.20 for 1-2 single records by Media Mail, then 0.50 for each additional; Priority Mail is available but pricing depends on zipcode; other expedited shipping options and insurance are all available on request. International shipping for 1 12" lp to Western Europe/UK/Scandinavia is 8.00 surface or 13.00 air; to Japan/Taiwan/Australia is 8.00 surface or 14.50 air; to Canada by air is 7.00; other international destinations vary. 7" and 10" records will cost less; heavy box sets will cost more. Combine multiple items to save on shipping. Note: I can now offer international buyers the super-cheap M-Bag bulk mail rate for orders of 8 or more lps; to most destinations this starts at 21.50 for surface mail or 33.50 for air for up to 17 lps, a huge per-record savings over standard rates for smaller parcels! Feel free to email with any shipping questions. Payment - I prefer Paypal (which allows for fastest possible shipment) and also accept money order (from US financial institutions only, including BidPay, US Postal, certified US bank check, etc., international bidders please take note!). If you are paying by Paypal and have won multiple items, please use a single Paypal payment. I will send an invoice email to all winners shortly after my auctions close, and another email after payment has been received to confirm item shipment. Packing - I pack professionally and with the utmost care drawn from years of experience trading vinyl internationally. I use new record mailers from Cameron Packaging (which I have determined are the best and most protective) reinforced with cardboard inserts and bubble wrap padding. All records are shipped with poly plastic sleeves. All packages are completely sealed with strong packing tape covering all openings. If you'd like your package done any differently, just let me know. Feel free to email me if you have any questions (need more info, want more pictures, etc.); you can use the 'ask seller a question' link above. My condition rating scale is -G+/-VG+/-EX+/-NM/M (only sealed records are M). Satisfaction guaranteed; if you have any problems with your order please contact me directly. Check out Ebay[track], my free realtime ebay auction tracker (currently in beta), which can refresh multiple auction statuses every second, alert you when bids are placed and when auctions end, let you place bids, and more. It's a useful tool for bidders, snipers, sellers, watchers... This item description is (c)opyright 2007 keymap records; please contact keymap records for permission before reproducing any text.