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Piotr Zak
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Posted By:
Winona
in USA
Apr 18, 2005
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Piotr Zak is a fictional Polish composer who was the subject of a spoof BBC documentary, The Strange Case of Piotr Zak. The BBC broadcast a performance of his piece Mobile for Tape and Percussion on June 5, 1961. It won approving reviews from two leading music critics (although others condemned it as worthless and unmusical). It was later revealed that the piece consisted of twelve minutes of BBC staff making noises at random, edited together by BBC technicians as a parody of avant-garde music.
The spoof was perpetrated by Hans Keller and others at the BBC.
More info <a href="http://classicalcdreview.com/zak.htm" title="here.">here.</a>
Category: Music; Replies: 9 |
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Carl_P
in NY
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 | 07:47 PM
They should have sold the lp with the reviews on the back, to see how many they could sell...😊
btw, you're avatar is very hypnotic... |
Smerk
in to mischief
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 | 08:01 PM
Not as hypnotic as the one she had yesterday! 😊 |
Mark-N-Isa
in Midwest USA
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 | 08:06 PM
True... |
Winona
in USA
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 | 10:14 PM
Shhh... don't tell anyone but I'm trying to hypnotise everyone into sending me cash. |
Accipiter
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 | 09:54 AM
Cash, or gummi bears? Or do they use gummi bears as legal currency where you live? |
Accipiter
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 | 09:58 AM
If some kid or an elephant or whatever can throw paint on a canvas and have it considered great art, or some half-naked teenage girl screeching into a microphone can be considered great art, then I suppose a bunch of technicians making weird random noises can be as well. Art does seem to have gone downhill lately. Next we'll have someone recording the sounds of autos passing by on the highway, and that will suddenly become the new musical sensation. |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 | 01:17 PM
Actually, it sounds pretty good if mixed right. |
Mark-N-Isa
in Midwest USA
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 | 01:35 PM
Didn't Winona already post something similar to that? Something about some students who submitted a piece or paper or something of just randomly recorded sounds...? Can't remember exactly but looking... |
Mark-N-Isa
in Midwest USA
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 | 01:36 PM
Oh yeah, it's this one! :roll:
It's been a long week guys sorry... :red: |
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