Joseph Everett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Also, to avoid insomnia for a night, I must know: Is "Vexations" played,
>or supposed to be played, 840 times in succession (this comes from Satie's
>notes to the performer)? Rather interesting, I think.  Must investigate
>further.

I'm not convined that Satie ever meant the 840x instruction seriously;
but Vexations has been performed as a musical event fairly regularly...
the local composer Kar-Fai Samson Young (http://www.karfai.com) & the C21
New Music Festival (http://www.c21music.org) led a group performance (ie,
sequential pianists...  the score HAS been performed straight by single
soloists; but not often) of it here in Sydney only a couple of months ago.

I even have a complete midi of the complete score, if you happen to have
24 hrs to spare....

Live in peace
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