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Day 242: A day in the park
03/31/08 07:31 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 242 — A day in the park
31-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
I spend a
relaxing day in Vienna’s beautiful parks. They are
beautiful.
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31-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
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Day 241: Back to Bohème
Day 241 — Back to Bohème
30-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
A good day ends with Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme at the Staatsoper, and a beer.
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30-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
A good day ends with Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme at the Staatsoper, and a beer.
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Day 240: Talking, learning
03/29/08 07:25 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 240 — Talking, learning
29-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Jean-Pierre continues to give me good horn advice.
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29-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Jean-Pierre continues to give me good horn advice.
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Day 239: Looking for Broken Glass
03/28/08 06:59 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 239 — Looking for Broken Glass
28-March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
In 1972
it’s a regular day. In 2009, a few days ago, I send
an email to the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende
Kunst in Vienna, through their website, in an attempt
to locate a copy of my lost Fantasy
on Broken Glass composition.
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28-March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
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Day 238: Best horn playing
03/27/08 09:55 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 238 — Best horn playing
27-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I’m happy with my horn playing and saying it’s the best since I’ve been here. Is it attitude? Relaxation? Better breathing? Or a change in my embouchure? As long as it seems to be working.
For some reason, I’m looking at Indiana University for future music study.
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27-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I’m happy with my horn playing and saying it’s the best since I’ve been here. Is it attitude? Relaxation? Better breathing? Or a change in my embouchure? As long as it seems to be working.
For some reason, I’m looking at Indiana University for future music study.
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Day 237: Beautiful Vienna in the spring
03/26/08 09:32 PM Filed in: Vienna | sightseeing
Day 237 — Beautiful Vienna in the spring
26-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Spring has
arrived in Vienna and the city is beautiful. I head
off to church, and then off to practice, taking a
long walk through central Vienna to the school. Great
opportunities during these walks to take lots of
pictures.
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26-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
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Day 236: Selfish John
03/25/08 09:23 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 236 — Selfish John
25-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I discover that I am a selfish, good-for-nothing, bum. I turn around 180-degrees that same day and let a good friend stay a week in my room.
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25-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I discover that I am a selfish, good-for-nothing, bum. I turn around 180-degrees that same day and let a good friend stay a week in my room.
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Day 235: Old friends
03/24/08 06:49 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 235 — Old friends
24-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Nothing
new in 1972. In 2009, I have recently run into some
old college friends on the amazing social networks of
LinkedIn and Facebook. I reminisce a bit about our
friendships and dig up a picture or two.
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24-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
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Day 234: Studienbuch
03/23/08 07:51 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 234 — Studienbuch
23-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
What did I
look like when I first arrived in Vienna? What did it
cost to go to school? My studienbuch will reveal the
answer.
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23-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
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Day 233: Bruckner 8 in the Musikverein
Day 233 — Bruckner 8 in the Musikverein
22-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
The
student orchestra of the Vienna Academy of Music and
Dramatic Art (Wien Akademie für Musik und
darstellende Kunst) performs Bruckner’s
Symphony
No. 8 in the
wonderful Großer Saal of the Vienna Musikverein under
the direction of Maestro Karl Östereicher. A great
lifetime thrill and fun to play.
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22-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
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Day 232: Salzburg pics
03/21/08 08:54 AM Filed in: Vienna | sightseeing
Day 232 — Salzburg pics
21-March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Amazingly,
my 35mm film processing from Salzburg was found. The
last time I was in Salzburg was in August. To
celebrate, I repost some of my pictures.
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21-March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
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Day 231: On stage at the Musikverein
03/20/08 08:06 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 231 — On stage at the Musikverein
20-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I’m on
stage at one of the premiere concert halls in Vienna,
no the world—the Musikverein. Well, today is just a
rehearsal. Bruckner is on. I love it. I talk a bit
about this famous concert hall.
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20-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
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Day 230: Parks, Prater, Films, and Fairs
03/19/08 07:34 AM Filed in: Vienna | sightseeing
Day 230 — Parks, Prater, Films, and Fairs
19-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Not only
is today a beautiful spring day in Vienna, but I head
off to Prater to see Vienna’s International Fair and
some smelly cows. Unfortunately, the film festival at
night includes a film that shows the slaughter of
those cows. Another example of the Ying and Yang of
life.
I show a TON of pictures today of Vienna’s beautiful parks and sights.
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19-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
I show a TON of pictures today of Vienna’s beautiful parks and sights.
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Day 229: Group improv
03/18/08 08:08 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 229 — Group improv
18-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
An
excellent day of group vocal improvisation in Prof.
Kaufmann’s electronic music class. I talk a bit about
group improvisations.
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18-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
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Day 228: From Bach to rock
Day 228 — From Bach to rock
17-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It’s a packed day of electronic music, Bach organ magic, and a rock dance. Best part—I get additional scholarship money. Money is appreciated.
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17-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It’s a packed day of electronic music, Bach organ magic, and a rock dance. Best part—I get additional scholarship money. Money is appreciated.
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Day 227: Austrian “class” in the keller
03/16/08 07:40 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 227 — Austrian “class” in the keller
16-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
After an electronic music lecture, we head off with Prof. Kaufmann to an underground keller and experience a pleasurable night of good company, discussion, wine, ambience and live opera arias as entertainment. Electronic music class. Austrian class.
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16-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
After an electronic music lecture, we head off with Prof. Kaufmann to an underground keller and experience a pleasurable night of good company, discussion, wine, ambience and live opera arias as entertainment. Electronic music class. Austrian class.
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Day 226: Good day
03/15/08 07:32 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 225: Break it down
03/14/08 08:23 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 225 — Break it down
14-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I learn something about piano practice today and spend most of my day with piano. I’m slouching in electronic music—only four hours.
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14-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I learn something about piano practice today and spend most of my day with piano. I’m slouching in electronic music—only four hours.
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Day 224: Skip me
03/13/08 07:20 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 223: Don’t be rude
Day 223 — Don’t be rude
12-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Don’t be
rude at a concert. Be quiet. I am at an Anna Moffo
recital.
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12-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
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Day 222: Taking a chance
03/11/08 07:50 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 222 — Taking a chance
11-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
A brand
new idea comes to me. Turning radio recordings into
compositions. I talk a bit about John Cage and his
influence on the genre of “chance” music and
“happenings.”
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11-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
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Day 221: Disco at the Voom-Voom
03/10/08 07:59 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 221 — Disco at the Voom-Voom
10-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
No, no. It’s not “zoom-zoom-zoom,” the Volkswagen commercial in 2008 and 2009, it’s Voom-Voom the 1972 Viennese disktotek and I visit it once again, hoping to meet a nice girl.
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10-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
No, no. It’s not “zoom-zoom-zoom,” the Volkswagen commercial in 2008 and 2009, it’s Voom-Voom the 1972 Viennese disktotek and I visit it once again, hoping to meet a nice girl.
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Day 220: Too little, too much
03/09/08 07:53 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 220 — Too little, too much
09-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I pose to you, the reader, these questions:
• Which is better—too little, or too much?
• Is it better to produce five top-ten hits or 200 here’s-the-idea pieces of music?
Then, I spend a lot of time talking about this stuff.
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09-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I pose to you, the reader, these questions:
• Which is better—too little, or too much?
• Is it better to produce five top-ten hits or 200 here’s-the-idea pieces of music?
Then, I spend a lot of time talking about this stuff.
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Day 219: Thinking of films
03/08/08 06:47 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 219 — Thinking of films
08-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Steven Spielberg, move over. Today, my journal tips me as to why I am suddenly in a film mode.
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08-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Steven Spielberg, move over. Today, my journal tips me as to why I am suddenly in a film mode.
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Day 218: Lofty musings today—Hermann Hesse
Day 218 — Lofty musings today—Hermann Hesse
07- March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today is heavy with abstract concepts and thoughts. I want to make an abstract film about the human body and talk about influences. It’s Hermann Hesse’s fault.
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07- March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today is heavy with abstract concepts and thoughts. I want to make an abstract film about the human body and talk about influences. It’s Hermann Hesse’s fault.
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Day 217: Positive progress
03/06/08 06:32 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 217 — Positive progress
06-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I’m making progress. Other than that, not much news. Skip.
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06-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I’m making progress. Other than that, not much news. Skip.
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Day 216: More score
03/05/08 07:23 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 216 — More score
05-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Today, I score, more. You can skip today.
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05-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Today, I score, more. You can skip today.
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Day 215: A bit tired
03/04/08 06:22 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 215 — A bit tired
04-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Work can tire you out. That’s ok. Skip today.
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04-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Work can tire you out. That’s ok. Skip today.
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Day 214: A good, no, “excellent” day
Day 214 — A good, no, “excellent” day
03-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
An excellent day. Stravinsky, Berio, and Bruckner. Today, praise of contemporary music.
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03-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
An excellent day. Stravinsky, Berio, and Bruckner. Today, praise of contemporary music.
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Day 213: Critiquing and my music
Day 213 — Critiquing and my music
02-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Another full day and some critique of contemporary music, and my music. I talk just a little bit about my music.
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02-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Another full day and some critique of contemporary music, and my music. I talk just a little bit about my music.
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Day 212: Pupofon Zweimal
Day 212 —
Pupofon
Zweimal
01-March (März)-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Electronic
scoring and electronic live performance, Prof.
Kaufmann’s Pupofon,
are the
highlights of today. A good full day of music. I
wonder about lost opportunities and lost composition.
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01-March (März)-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
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