[Smt-talk] "The Cage" (Ives)

[David Bishop]

Hmmm...did you verify her discovery?


On Apr 2, 2013, at 7:58 AM, David K Feurzeig wrote:

> Dear list:
>
> Elizabeth Bemak, a student in my 20th-C theory class, observed that  
> in Ives' song "The Cage", all the notes in the vocal line longer  
> than an eighth spell "C-A-G-E" (in order).
>
> That was news to me! Am I just late to the party? I haven't seen  
> this pointed out in any published analysis or discussion.
>
> In his chapter on "The Cage" in  The Music of Charles Ives, Philip  
> Lambert devotes two pages to Ives' emphasis on these four pitches.  
> He makes fascinating and sometimes very subtle observations, but  
> never notes this perhaps more obvious--and more ordered-- 
> implementation of the pun.
>
> David
>
> David Feurzeig
> Associate Professor, Composition and Theory
> Music Department
> University of Vermont
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