Cage Nocturnes
Rob Haskins <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:45:54 -0400
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A friend is performing the Cage Nocturnes for Violin and Piano and called me today to ask a question about an instruction in the violin part: something about how the violinist, playing a B and C, is instructed to "tighten" the C. I thought it might refer to make the C sharper, narrowing the distance between the two notes. The violinist thinks it is to emphasize the C, making it rougher as played on the string. Does anyone know? I'm sorry that I don't have the score and have no more info than this. -- Rob Haskins, D.M.A., Ph.D. Professor of Music College of Liberal Arts University of New Hampshire M-105, Paul Creative Arts Center 30 Academic Way Durham, NH 03824 603-862-3987 (office) 603-862-3155 (fax) <http://unh.edu/music/> <http://robhaskins.net>