John Cage: One8

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1. One8 (1991) 43:35

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About the Artist
The cellist Michael Bach enjoys an international career with concerts, recordings, as well as radio and TV broadcastings. He provided numerous significant contributions to the art of playing the cello (including the book Fingerboards & Overtones). Since 1990 he has been developing the curved bow (BACH.Bogen¨) for string instruments, which makes the simultaneous sounding of multiple strings possible. In 2001 he was invited by Mstislav Rostropovich to present the BACH.Bogen¨ in Paris. John Cage and Dieter Schnebel created compositions specifically for this curved bow, and they are dedicated to Michael Bach.

As a composer and visual artist, he is known under the name of Michael Bach Bachtischa. His compositions range from works for cello and curved bow, works for other solo instruments such as the accordion, organ, clarinet, bagpipe, and microtonal piano to works for orchestral forces. His visual works comprise, for instance, Fingerboards I-VIII, 18-7-92, 13-8-92, Lagauche, Lesdeux and OlŽvano. In cooperation with the visual artist Renate Hoffleit, he realizes large string and sound installations.

Album Description
CageÕs ONE8 was composed for cellist Michael Bach, an artist who had a very important place in CageÕs late work. ¥ Its duration of 43Õ30" makes an oblique reference to CageÕs groundbreaking 4Õ33" (1952). ¥ It is constructed of 53 time brackets with single sounds to be played on 1, 2, 3, or 4 strings. These time brackets tell the player when to begin and end each section (each section often containing a single note). Durations, dynamics and bow positions are free. ¥ Allan Kozinn had this to say in The New York Times about Michael BachÕs performance of One8 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, July 1992: ÒUsing both standard and curved bows, he made his way through Mr. CageÕs 43-minute sequence of sustained notes, sustained chords, progressions of chords, and eerie, high-pitched harmonies with a sense of serenity that invited a listener to regard the work not as a collection of disparate, disjointed sounds, but as an otherworldly ritual.Ó ¥ Michael Bach has a strong international reputation as a performer of contemporary and traditional cello repertoire, with a special emphasis on the works of J.S. Bach. ¥ Bach is noted for the revival of the Òcurved-bowÓ for the cello. Typical in the baroque era, the curved bow allows the cellist to make contact with up to four strings simultaneously, permitting the performer to play chords on the cello. ¥ Cage was fascinated with the possibilities of the curved-bow and worked with Michael Bach on One8 and his very last, unfinished and unpublished work. ¥ In addition to his performing and recording career, Michael Bach also manufactures curved-bows for other string players, broadening the interest in this performance technique. ¥ Liner notes are by Cage scholar James Pritchett.

John Cage: One8, Music, Michael Bach, John Cage, Chamber, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Composers, Music For Solo Strings Without Keyboard

John Cage: One7 [from One13], One8
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Microtonal Meditations

John Cage: One7 [from One13], One8

Manufacturer: OgreOgress productions
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ASIN: B0007N2IBE
Release Date: 2005-03-12

Tracks:

One7 [from One13] (1990[1992]) [30 minutes]
One8 (1991) [43:30]

Album Description

Fifth and final in a series featuring the complete "number pieces" for strings and/or percussion, this CD contains the world premiere recording of John Cage's One7 [from One13] and is first to include the complete final works for cello.

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Microtonal Meditations.......2006-03-08

Two late Number Pieces for solo cello, this is music that draws you in with each repeated listening. Microtonal, meditative and at times a dialogue with 'silence'. Beautifully recorded as we have come to expect from the Ogre Ogress label. Highly recommended.

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John Cage: One8

Manufacturer: Mode
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0002XL2HA
Release Date: 2004-11-23

Tracks:

One8 (1991) 43:35

Album Description

CageÕs ONE8 was composed for cellist Michael Bach, an artist who had a very important place in CageÕs late work. ¥ Its duration of 43Õ30" makes an oblique reference to CageÕs groundbreaking 4Õ33" (1952). ¥ It is constructed of 53 time brackets with single sounds to be played on 1, 2, 3, or 4 strings. These time brackets tell the player when to begin and end each section (each section often containing a single note). Durations, dynamics and bow positions are free. ¥ Allan Kozinn had this to say in The New York Times about Michael BachÕs performance of One8 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, July 1992: ÒUsing both standard and curved bows, he made his way through Mr. CageÕs 43-minute sequence of sustained notes, sustained chords, progressions of chords, and eerie, high-pitched harmonies with a sense of serenity that invited a listener to regard the work not as a collection of disparate, disjointed sounds, but as an otherworldly ritual.Ó ¥ Michael Bach has a strong international reputation as a performer of contemporary and traditional cello repertoire, with a special emphasis on the works of J.S. Bach. ¥ Bach is noted for the revival of the Òcurved-bowÓ for the cello. Typical in the baroque era, the curved bow allows the cellist to make contact with up to four strings simultaneously, permitting the performer to play chords on the cello. ¥ Cage was fascinated with the possibilities of the curved-bow and worked with Michael Bach on One8 and his very last, unfinished and unpublished work. ¥ In addition to his performing and recording career, Michael Bach also manufactures curved-bows for other string players, broadening the interest in this performance technique. ¥ Liner notes are by Cage scholar James Pritchett.

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