{"id":470,"date":"2020-02-27T13:26:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T12:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsouvenir.nl\/?p=470"},"modified":"2023-06-10T22:34:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T21:34:13","slug":"morton-feldman-the-electric-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricsouvenir.nl\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"MORTON FELDMAN &#038; the Electric Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Morton Feldman Talks About His Piece For Electric Guitar by electric souvenir  NOTES\" width=\"584\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F767332831&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=876&#038;maxwidth=584\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>christian wolff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When Morton Feldman&#8217;s electric guitar piece for Christian Wolff was stolen from Wolff&#8217;s car in 1967 [the score was actually in the guitar case that was stolen], it was considered to be lost forever. All there was left was a raw sketch, found in the late 1990&#8217;s by Jogrim Erland, but still no-one knew how the original score looked like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsouvenir.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1900-e1582804577469-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electricsouvenir.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1900-e1582804577469-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/electricsouvenir.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1900-e1582804577469-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However in 2008 a radio recording was discovered of Wolff playing the Feldman composition &#8216;The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar&#8217;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recorded in the mid 60&#8217;s, with a very poor sound quality, it was the start of Seth Josel&#8217;s reconstruction of the score. The reconstruction of the Feldman sketch is on the left page, and the transcription of the Wolff audio-recording is on the right page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsouvenir.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1902-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electricsouvenir.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1902-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/electricsouvenir.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1902-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/electricsouvenir.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1902-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/electricsouvenir.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1902-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So what to make of this? Is this the real thing? Or will it always be what it is, a reconstruction? We wanted it so badly! A piece by Feldman for our beloved instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen for yourself! Here are three guitar players working with Seth Josel&#8217;s reconstruction of the score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Morton Feldman - The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar (1966)\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y2KvQuLJspY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Gaku Yamada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar (Morton Feldman) - Joshua Weitzel\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9wV6up5xlWw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Joshua Weitzel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar - Morton Feldman\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r8mxefQQiOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Ruud Harte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsouvenir.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1899-e1582806933220-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electricsouvenir.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1899-e1582806933220-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/electricsouvenir.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1899-e1582806933220-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>A beautiful edition with lots of information, ilustrations and scores!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Morton Feldman&#8217;s electric guitar piece for Christian Wolff was stolen from Wolff&#8217;s car in 1967 [the score was actually in the guitar case that was stolen], it was considered to be lost forever. 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