The Big Think

via nasa: Scientists have concluded the part of Mars NASA’s Opportunity rover is exploring was soaking wet in the past.

playlist: Thankful Boys and Girls from the album “In These Days Live” by Billy Crockett

If all I got out of my music degrees is an understanding of these it was worth it. The Cage one is way too easy.

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Composers’ Letters Home From Summer Camp

From Arnold Schoenberg:

Dear ma & pa. How are you? I am fine. Love Arnold. Arnold love, fine am

I. you are how? pa & ma dear. dlonrA evoL .enif ma I ?uoy era woH .ap &

am reaD..read am & ap ?woh era uoy .I ma enif ,evol dlonrA

Love, Arnie

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From Philip Glass:

Hello heh heh hello, o-hell o-hell oh ellow ellow heh heh heh hello

mama mama muh muh muh-mah, ah ah ah ahhhh! Aye aye aye aye aye yam yam yam

yam Eye yam yam Fie aye aye aye fuh fuh fuh fie un yun yun yun Hah hah aha
hah

ow ow ow wow ow wow ow ow ah hah aha haha are are are are yuh huh huh huh yuh
you? oooh. oooooh.

Sincerely, Phil

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From Milton Babbitt:

Dear bi-polar source set, All members of the aggregate feelings matrix are

demonstrating maximum congruity with respect to the positive experiential

axis.

With affections invariant under transposition, Milton.

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Anton Webern (c. 1913)

Hello. Hel. H.

Olleh. Lo. Fi.

I am I

Fine.

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Pierre Boulez (c. 1952):

X=cm2

1×2x3

A+C

Schoenberg is dead.

Q to N

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John Cage:

John