On May 14, 1:32 pm, "shoemaker...@yahoo.com" <shoemaker...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Any good ideas?
>
> Thank you very much for all suggestions!
>
Unconventional instruments is a pretty broad category - it's hard to
know where to start. Peter has given you some good suggestions, and
here are a few more that are quite different.
Steve Reich used speach & other sounds as well as conventional
instruments - check out "City Life" and "Different Trains".
Stockhausen uses electronics & recorded sound - check out Sirius, that
includes electronics, voices, instruments, and recordings of footsteps
in the snow & other sounds. http://home.earthlink.net/~almoritz/sirius.htm
The Helicopter Quartet is also worth checking out.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001376
"Glass Orchestra. Toronto new music ensemble that works exclusively in
the medium of glass, employing custom- or hand-made instruments (eg,
glass harmonica, flute, xylophone) and 'found' objects (bowls, wine
glasses, bottles, tubes, etc)."
I haven't heard any of their CDs, but I've attended a few concerts,
which were fascinating.
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/14/video_of_john_cage_o.html
"BB pal Adam Parfrey of Feral House/Process Books points us to a
terrific 1960 video of avant-garde music pioneer John Cage performing
"Water Walk" on I've Got A Secret, an old game show hosted by Garry
Moore. Water Walk was written for a number of unusual instruments,
including a bathtub, blender, rubber duckie, watering can, prepared
piano, tape recorder, and five radios. Apparently though, a union
dispute over who would plug in the radios erupted before show time, so
Cage instead hits and throws the radios at the times he was meant to
turn them on and off."
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