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!!! Bowed Mortar Relays (1966) ---- * '''Bowed Mortar Relays (Soundtracks and scores for Andy Warhol Films : "Eat," "Sleep," "Kiss," "Haircut"), tape ''' : {br}{small}"Bowed Mortar Relays" is based on realization of "Composition 1960 # 9" : Composition 1960 #9 (October 1960) was a straight line drawn on a file card (The enclosed score is right side up when the line is horizontal and slightly above center),{br}When Warhol was invited to show four films at the 1964 New York Film Festival, he commissioned La Monte Young to compose a taped soundtrack that could be used for all four - the droning sound of a bow being played over a brass mortar. Now that Warhol turns the camera off and on during a sequence, he does it without regard for what the performers are saying, so that dialogue is arbitrarily punctuated and blipped without concern for content.{br}Early performances of Compositions 1960 #9 included presenting for the audience the faint but audible hum of Richard Maxfield's tape recorder, sustaining a single note for an extended period, and bowing a brass mortar. ^[...^] The recording of the bowed mortar version of #9 never actually accompanied the films in a public screening.{br}As part of the New York Film Festival in September 1964, and while a sound check prior to the Warhol films' premiere, that La Monte composed for, the theatre director “demanded” the music be turned down to “reasonable” levels. La Monte would not allow it and rather then compromise his music by changing the volume, he withdrew the music from the movies. {/small}{br}{br}{small}{cap}Sources :{/cap}{/small} {br}{small}— Mark Alburger, "La Monte Young: Compositions 1961" 21st Century Music 10, no. 4 (April 2003).{br}— In M. Musick, "La Monte Young", april 2008{br}— In Jeremy Grimshaw, "Draw a Straight Line and Follow It : The Music and Mysticism of La Monte Young", Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 81 & 205 {/small} * {small}Andy Warhol : "Eat", (1963, 39mn30), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoQcGAczNTE , http://www.warholstars.org/filmch/Eat.html {/small} * {small}Andy Warhol : "Sleep", (1963, 5h21mn), http://vimeo.com/4880378 , http://www.warholstars.org/filmch/sleep.html {/small} * {small}Andy Warhol : "Kiss", (1963, 54mn), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmzqNUaCGQU , http://www.warholstars.org/chron/1963.html#kiss {/small} * {small}Andy Warhol : "Haircut", (1963, 27mn), http://www.warholstars.org/filmch/haircut.html {/small} {br} [../files/articles/lamonteyoung/1960_compositions_9.jpg] {br}{br} {br}{br} ----
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