The marriage of country and atonal music, a match made in…well..not sure. But I love it.
Some references to keep in mind:
– Schoenberg refers to the influential composer Arnold Schoenberg, who many credit with the birth of atonal, or 12 tone music. A big influence on Frank Zappa.
– Alban Berg was another influential atonal composer.
– John Cage, an American composer, best known for his composition 4′33″, which I might title, musicians in a room, not playing, with 4’33” of background noise.
I absolutely love this song, and offer a shout out to my brother, Stu, who taught me all about such things.
With all this in mind, check it out.
And the reference to Cage’s 4’33” is when the pianist closes the lid off the piano over the keyboard. In the first performance, David Tudor sat at the piano, closed the lid, waited the time of the first movement, then opened it again as a pause between movements. He did this three times, as there are three movements.
Love this!!!
Penderecki: Kosmogonia (1970)