tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post8088627911083304342..comments2023-06-08T11:21:10.878-04:00Comments on EPISTLES FROM THE SCRIPTORIUM: PERFORMED WITH PINPOINT ACCURACYBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-1776366046630990902008-12-27T19:26:00.000-05:002008-12-27T19:26:00.000-05:00LMAO - BUSTED!The correct reply to the teacher's q...LMAO - BUSTED!<BR/><BR/>The correct reply to the teacher's questioning if the piece was "4:33" would have been, "No, sir. This is his sequel, '6:42'". (tee hee!)<BR/><BR/>BMPBrian Michael Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-40049088037000250332008-12-27T11:39:00.000-05:002008-12-27T11:39:00.000-05:00This takes me back. Years ago when I was in high ...This takes me back. Years ago when I was in high school, my music class was given our final assignment. Among the choices was the option to arrange a piece written for one instrument or group opf instruments for another. We were allowed to do it with partners. A friend and I decided to arrange 4:33.<BR/><BR/>Wwe were caught about a week before the due date. The teache was going around the class, checking on the progress of the assignments. He came to us, and the discussion went like this:<BR/><BR/>Teacher: And what are you two gentleman doing?<BR/><BR/>Me: We're arranging an importnant piece by a major modern avant garde composer for full orchestra and choir, sir.<BR/><BR/>Teacher: Sounds impressive. Which major avant garde composer?<BR/><BR/>Me: John Cage, sir.<BR/><BR/>Teacher. Ah yes, yes. John Cage. And that piece wouldn't happen to be 4:33, would it?<BR/><BR/>Me: As a matter of fact...<BR/><BR/>Teacher: No, gentlemen. <BR/><BR/>Me: But sir...<BR/><BR/>Teacher. No. You have one week to do something else.<BR/><BR/>Friend: What about...<BR/><BR/>Teacher: You can't do the piece where you randomly tune four radios to various stations either.<BR/><BR/>We ended up composing various pieces. My friend, the over-achiever, composed a sonata for piano. I wrote a short canon/fugue for quartet which sounded suspiciously like Pachelbel's Canon in D.Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01201581440686945990noreply@blogger.com