John Cage's Water Walk Performance Analysis

Composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein introducing the Moog synthesizer at one of his Young People’s Concert specials, roughly 55 years ago. Four months before this performance, in October of 1968, composer and electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos would release Switched-On Bach, an album that would change the music world forever by showcasing the synthesizer’s ability to make more than just avant-garde music and sound effects. As you can see by the reaction from the young people, it would tak

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