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Not sure if that fits, but maybe the piano piece is the Philip Glass album "Solo Piano", which is variation on the same base melody thorough the whole album?
by mablopoule 3y ago
Not sure if that fits, but maybe the piano piece is the Philip Glass album "Solo Piano", which is variation on the same base melody thorough the whole album?
- seanhunter 3y agoIt’s not that one but Glass and Cage were both very influenced by it. This is going to really bug me now. The piece is not very well known but it’s by a very well-known composer either Ravel or Satie I’m almost sure.
- seanhunter 3y agoFound it. Vexations by Satie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexations It’s fewer repititions than I had remembered at a mere 840. When John Cage, David Tudor and others gave the first public performance, it took over 18 hours and they gave a refund to audience members of 5c for each twenty minutes they stayed for
- mablopoule 3y agoThank you for the reference, not too surprised it's Satie, he's a bit of an odd fellow. And this being HN, I feel obligated to reference a very interesting talk by Mouse Reeve about Erik Satie during a "Strange Loop" conference: https://youtu.be/ANYMii3Sypg?si=S_-9Z98NlawiiLm9 https://youtu.be/ANYMii3Sypg?si=S_-9Z98NlawiiLm9