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In America when I was setting out to write the
orchestral parts of my recent Concert for Piano and
Orchestra which was performed Sept. 19th in Köln,
I visited each player, found out what he could do
with his instruments, discovered with him other
possibilities, and then subjected all these findings
to chance operations, ending up with a part that was
quite indeterminate of its performance. After a
general rehearsal, during which the musicians heard
the result of their several actions, some of them,
not all, introduced in the actual performance sounds
of a nature not found in my notations, characterized
for the most part by their intentions which had
become foolish and unprofessional. In Köln hoping
to avoid this unfortunate state of affairs, I worked
with each musician individually and the general
rehearsal was silent. (I should let you know that
the conductor has no score but has only his own
part. So that, though he effects the other
performers, he does not control them.) Well, anyway,
the result was in some cases just as unprofessional
in Köln as in New York. I must find a way to let
people be free without their becoming foolish. So
that their freedom will make them noble. How will
I do this? That is the question. |