HIDALGO tamaran LP 1974 experimental marchetti zaj nww

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Juan Hidalgo "Tamaran - Gocce di sperma per dodici pianoforti" LP issued by Cramps Records (5206 102) for the Nova Musicha series (No. 2) in Italy, 1974. Gatefold sleeve. ****** Rec:m- / Cov:vg+++ ****** Mega-rare original 1974 pressing of this great Fluxus sound art performance involving 12 prepared pianos played by Hidalgo with assistance from fellow ZAJ founder Walter Marchetti. "Tamaran" is a 40-minute long opera just for harmonic sounds generated by the 12 prepared pianos. Sounds are made by grazing the strings at specific points. They are then recorded and mixed in order to obtain a precise final composition, reproduced faithfully in the score. In Hidalgo, student of John Cage, founder of the ZAJ group and member of the Fluxus movement, extravaganza grows in a peculiar, orderly manner. Excerpts from this piece are occasionally found on Fluxus compilations or similar. One of the performers happens to be Walter Marchetti, another interesting Cramps-related composer in his own right. Quite a ridiculous cover art, too... This LP is listed in the "Broken Music" catalog of artists' record works. Hidalgo is a composer and multimedia artist who studied under John Cage, Nadia Boulanger, David Tudor, and Bruno Maderna, was influenced by Zen Buddhism, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie, Buenaventura Durruti, and futurist F.T. Marinetti, worked with Max Neuhaus and Herman Nitsch, and with Walter Marchetti, Ramon Barce, and Esther Ferrer founded the ZAJ group (the Spanish wing of the Fluxus movement, associated with Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, George Maciunas, Milan Knizak, Joseph Beuys, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Philip Corner, Richard Maxfield, Emmett Williams, Paul Panhuysen, Takehisa Kosugi, La Monte Young, etc.). He was one of the artists of Gino di Maggio’s Galleria Multhipla and collaborates with Cramps label founder Gianni Sassi on the annual MILANO-POESIA festival. Marchetti is an Italian conceptual artist and experimental composer who worked with John Cage, Morton Feldman, Leopoldo La Rosa, Jose Luis Castillejo, and Bruno Maderna and attended the famous Darmstadt courses in the 50s alongside Stockhausen, Evangelisti, Nono, Boulez, Goeyvaerts, Messiaen, Ligeti, etc. This LP was released on the legendary Cramps label, home of the Nova Musicha and DIVerso series which also featured John Cage, Area, Fernando Grillo, Derek Bailey, Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier, Demetrio Stratos, Mario Schiano, Steve Lacy, Cornelius Cardew, Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, Petr Kotik... ****** Cover would be graded ex if it was not for a 4 cm split on both top and bottom seams, as well as some spine wear. ****** Please wait to receive my invoice before sending the payment after the auction ends. Attention! Real postage costs are not USD 4 as all the items are located in Doha, Qatar (which has a very safe and professional post system). Postage costs registered up to 1 Kilo (generally 3 LPs): to Europe and Japan is USD 16,50 / to America and Oceania is USD 22,50. Postage costs registered up to 2 Kilos:  to Europe and Japan is USD 28,00 / to America and Oceania is USD 34,00. ****** Thank you for your kind attention and good luck with your bids.