[microsound] From the NY Times, July 21, 1972

[Bill Jarboe]

-don't know much of Masami Akita (Merzbow) , yet I recall a  
composition 'Quiet Men - Noisy Animals' (or a very similar title)  
which may have been inspired by that reportage.


On Feb 27, 2009, at 12:43 PM, jcespinosa at aol.com wrote:

> I want to set this to some din.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Turner <vze26m98 at optonline.net>
> To: microsound at microsound.org
> Sent: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 3:15 pm
> Subject: [microsound] From the NY Times, July 21, 1972
>
> "Helmut Laudenberg had a farm, on the outskirts of Cologne, West
> Germany. And on this farm he had a parrot- and dogs and goats and
> donkeys and ducks. Mr. Laudenberg, a thatcher by trade, didn't mind
> the sounds his animals made. But Karlheinz Stockhausen, the composer
> whose electronic music has been played around the world, was annoyed
> by the animals din. He hired two lawyers to help silence it. Then the
> parrot was killed by some stranger's dogs and Mr. Laudenberg built
> fences and sound barriers. And now things are a lot quieter in that
> suburban village, called Kürten."
>
> James F. Clarity
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