John Cage:Living Room Music+Loevendie+ avant percussion

$

25

Slagwerkgroep Den Haag-- John Cage: Living Room Music (1940) / Cage + Lou Harrison: Double Music (1941) / Theo Loevendie: Prelude (1974) / Stacey Bowers: Pattern Study No.2 (1976) / Mitch Markovitch: Teamwork (1966) / Scott Joplin: Combination March; The Augustan Club Waltzes; Original Rags (all arr. Ger de Zeeuw) / Henk de Vlieger: Toccata (1979)


label & cat. no.:
Classical Record International 180 491 pressed in:
Holland date:
1980 format:
LP condition:
Vinyl: nm (flawless, looks barely if ever played)
Cover: vg+ (light edge wear, wrinkles, small tear on front) description:
Mega rare experimental percussion lp containing the only ever vinyl recording of Cage's Living Room Music - a beautiful and pioneering performance art piece composed for 4 players on "any household object or architectural element" such as magazines, books, the floor, wooden window frame, etc., also incorporating "vocal percussion" and the text of a Gertrude Stein poem in its third movement. The other works on this lp are no less interesting, with Loevendie's piece for 6 conga players and rearrangements of Joplin's ragtimes for drums, marimbas, and xylophone particular highlights, plus other compositions involving tuned and untuned, eastern and western percussion, all performed by Slagwerkgroep Den Haag. A recommended, rarely-seen avant garde percussion music gem.

artist info from album notes etc.:
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, 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.). Harrison studied with Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and Virgil Thomson and worked with John Cage, Charles Ives, and Harry Partch; he taught at the legendary Black Mountain College with David Tudor and Stefan Wolpe. Check out my other items for more avant garde/experimental, early electronic/electroacoustic, audiophile, 20th century classical, soundtracks, poetry/spoken word, space age pop, and artist records. US Shipping - Media Mail is $5.00 for 1-2 single records, then $0.65 for each additional; Priority Mail is also available but pricing depends on zipcode (you can check eBay's calculated shipping price at the bottom of this page); other expedited shipping options and insurance are all available on request. Combine multiple items to save on shipping.
International Shipping - 1 12" lp to Europe/UK/Scandinavia/Asia/Australia is $15.00 for First Class Airmail; to Canada is $9.00 for First Class Airmail; to Mexico is $12.53 for First Class Airmail; other international destinations vary, please email for a quote. 7" records will cost less; heavy box sets will cost more. Insured Priority Airmail with tracking and other expedited methods are also available but pricing depends on destination country and will be calculated after auction closes (or you can email me with your address for a quote). Combine multiple items to save on shipping; I can hold paid records to be combined with a future purchase if desired. Note: I can also offer international buyers the slow but super-cheap M-Bag bulk airmail rate for orders of 8 or more lps; to most destinations this costs $40.00 flat rate for up to 16 lps, a huge per-record savings over standard rates for smaller parcels! Feel free to email with any shipping questions. Payment - I accept Paypal (which allows for fastest possible shipment). Please email with any payment questions. 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. Unless requested, no paper invoice is included in the package, both to save trees and to avoid customs difficulties. If you'd like your package done any differently, just let me know. Other Info - 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. Records are visually graded unless otherwise noted; my condition rating scale is M (sealed) / NM (unplayed) / EX (barely used) / VG (some evident wear from prior use but no major flaws) / G (major flaws). All included album inserts are pictured in the listing; what you see is what you get, if I know an insert is missing I will mention it in the description. Satisfaction guaranteed; if you have any problems with your order please contact me directly. Enter your email to join the
mailing list: This item description is (c)opyright 2010 keymap records; please contact keymap records for permission before reproducing any text.