"Composer Tom Johnson rarely wrote musical pieces that existed for music's sake alone. Generally, they involved conceptual re-orientation on the part of the listener, often with language (particularly the language of self-reference) as the intermediary. With An Hour for Piano, the lovely, Satie-esque music is intended to be heard while the listener is reading Johnson's program notes which begin, 'It is important that you try not to allow the program notes to distract you from concentrating on the music.' Which, of course, they already have done."
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YouTube: An hour for piano (Part 1, Rzewski), (Part 2, Rzewski), (Part 3, Rzewski), (Part 4, Rzewski).
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