Musical Scoring Systems, by Jurgis Mačiūnas

Musical Scoring Systems

by Jurgis Mačiūnas

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1.	In Memoriam to Adriano Olivetti, version for ensemble 03:07	buy track
2.	Solo for Rich Man 05:09	buy track
3.	Piece for 3 Mouths (Homage to Toschi Ichiyanagi) 06:11	buy track
4.	Solo for Balloons (for Jean Pierre Wilhelm) 05:00	buy track
5.	In Memoriam to Adriano Olivetti, version for string quartet 04:24	buy track
6.	Homage to Philip Corner, version for clarinet, cello and piano 02:44	buy track
7.	Solo for Violin (for Sylvano Bussotti) 07:09	buy track
8.	Music for Everyman 30:06	buy track

about

Broken instruments, broken sounds, music shot through the heart with anarchic humour. Music for every man, woman, and child. The sound of money, farting and the slobbering of mouths. A dying, crying violin, a sighing musician, fragments of old music, lost and broken. A balloon, quietly whimpering, exhales its final breath. Saliva sprays forth with declamatory fortitude. Maniac laughter, an A-sharp and yet another fart. A toy makes a noise, lost in contextualization. The pianist waves a flag, surrendering to music. A music box tinkles uselessly, suddenly drowned out by and electric drill.

Geroge Maciunas’ 'Musical Scoring Systems' are the definitive ‘do it yourself’ compositions. Take a gird form, fill in the sounds to be made and the times that they occur, et voilà! Avant-garde music. But, the simplicity of these scores is deceptive and they require the dedication and application of committed performers, unafraid of the extreme demands that some of these scores require. These works are not improvisations, though they contain improvisatory elements and the beauty of indeterminate sonic collisions. I think of Antonin Artaud’s last days, alone in his room attacking a splintered wooden block, in rage and frustration, isolated and mad at the world. But, when I see the broken violin on the floor from 'Solo for Violin (for Sylvano Bussotti)', I feel a sense of joy, joy in the manifold liberation of sounds and the heralding of a new age of avant-garde music. This was over half a century ago of course and still the resonances of such experimental works are sounding strong and wide in the world of music.

Anton Lukoszevieze

credits

released December 31, 2014

APARTMENT HOUSE:
Philip Thomas - piano/voice/objects (1, 3, 6, 8)
Nancy Ruffer - flute/voice/objects (1, 3, 8)
Andrew Sparling - clarinet/voice/objects (1, 3, 6, 8)
Gordon Mackay - violin/voice/objects (1, 5, 7, 8)
Angharad Davies - violin/voice/objects (1, 5, 8)
Bridget Carey - viola/voice/objects (1, 5, 8)
Anton Lukoszevieze - cello/voice/objects (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

Recording Engineer - Simon Reynell
Sound mixing and mastering - Tadas Dailyda
Design and layout - 'Vario burnos'
Liner notes - Anton Lukoszevieze and Žilvinas Andriušis
Text editing - Asta Pakarklytė
Translation - Veronika Janatjeva, Justinas Šuliokas
Lithuanian language proofreader - Dalia Bagdonienė
Executive producer - Asta Pakarklytė

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Supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture

℗ & © 2014 Music Information Centre Lithuania, LMIPC CD 084