Quote of the day

"With Boulez, we see the tip of the iceberg. With Cage, we see the tip, even though there is no iceberg."

(From program notes by Paul Griffiths for "Composer Portraits: John Cage," performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble at Miller Theatre)

Comments

[Prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com]

Well, this is priceless, even if I'm not quite sure what the perspective of the speaker is on each composer . . .

[bhodgesnyc]

Thanks, that's exactly what I thought (and wrote to Paul Griffiths), although I'm pretty certain he admires both. I thought about posting a few paragraphs before the quote (for more context), but nyah...it's better in its mysterious glory all by itself.

[Jeremy Shatan]

Does this make the audience the Titanic? But seriously, what a great encapsulation.