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	Erik Satie: Article by Stephen Whittington
		Vexations lingers in the memory as a vague impression, the details effaced as soon as heard: it is difficult to imagine anyone walking home whistling the 'tune' after a performance.
		Vexations is structured and notated to facilitate the cultivation and maintenance a mental state which Satie calls 'serious immobility'.
		This is the view of John Cage, who observed that "the textual remarks in connection with the Vexations are not humorous; they are in the spirit of Zen Buddhism." 9 Vexations could be thought of as a musical koan to be meditated upon; or a mantra to be repeated.
	www.af.lu.se /~fogwall/article3.html (3142 words)

	Mill Avenue Vexations: Sub-Culture in Tempe, Arizona
		If you like Vexations and would like a little piece of these special editions, they are available until they run out.
		Over a period of a month, starting with the release of the cards, we will be posting a news item for each for those who want to read the full story and enjoy the artwork.
		If you want to leave comments or questions for her, there is a Love an Artist thread set up for her in the Creations forum.
	www.millvexations.com (1121 words)

	U B U W E B :: Pianoless Vexations (Erik Satie)
		Pianoless Vexations, an eight-hour performance of Erik Satie's Vexations (1893) was performed at The Sculpture Center in New York City on Sunday, June 11, 2006, 11-7pm.
		Vexations was composed by Erik Satie in 1893 and consists of a short motif repeated 840 times.
		While everyone else was bringing Satie's Vexations back to the future on laptops and other 21st century accoutrements, Hong Kong-born, New York City-based keyboardist Trudy Chan decided to turn the historical tables and play the late 19th century French composer's harbinger of minimalism and atonality on a replica of late 17th century single-manual harpsichord.
	www.ubu.com /sound/vexations.html (1674 words)

	transmediale06
		"Vexations" is a piano piece which was composed by Erik Satie in 1895.
		For "Vexations - Composition in Progress" the original theme was at first played on the oldest piano in Japan in order to obtain an initial record.
		"Vexations - Composition in Progress", is an installation co-produced by Yuko Mori and Soichiro Mihara, based on the repetition of music by Eric Satie.
	www.transmediale.de /page/detail/detail.0.projects.386.3.html (297 words)

	'Vexations' and its Performers
		By looking at the ways in which Vexations has been played it is possible to arrive at an assessment of what constituted a good performance, and even to achieve some sort of insight into the nature of the piece itself.
		The connections between Vexations and the Rose+Croix music are clear: it contains chains of chords of a single type - mostly diminished, as in Fête donnée par des Chevaliers Normands (1892); the lines move along in implacable note-against-note correspondence; and the bass and treble tend generally to go in contrary motion (see Example 1).
		In Vexations, however, there is a curious gap between the music as it is notated and read and the sounds that are produced.
	www.users.waitrose.com /~chobbs/Bryars.html (7807 words)

	CD Baby: GEORGE ST. JOHN: Vexations
		George St. John's debut "Vexations" CD is a highly creative work of original songs that are and impeccably crafted.
		At first listen, "Vexations" sounds like an early 80's Art rock / New wave band ala' Wire or Talking Heads but as each track unfolds the uniqueness and originality of the work is readily apparent.
		George St. John's Vexations is enhanced with multimedia and contains a music video, photographs and a link to the website.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/georgestjohn (163 words)

	Satie’s Vexations Explores Boundaries of Experimental Music
		Satie (1866-1925), known for his penchant for the bizarre and the ironically humorous in his music, composed Vexations in 1893.
		The performance was organized by Composition Professor Randolph Coleman in conjunction with his seminar this semester on John Cage and American experimental music.
		“Listening to Vexations was like a clock with a blank face and only the second hand, and I was not quite sure which way was up.
	www.oberlin.edu /stupub/ocreview/2006/12/01/arts/Saties_iVexationsi_Explore.html (640 words)

	Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale - Buddhism Q & A
		When there are desires, vexations and attachments in the mind, this Buddha becomes a sentient being.
		No matter how much external circumstances change, if we can see through and let go of vexations, delusions, and attachments, with the mind always in equanimity and suchness, having clarity and true understanding—that is Zen.
		Vexations and joy are only within one single thought.
	ctzen.org /sunnyvale/enWordsOfWisdom.htm (336 words)

	Erik Satie's Vexations - essay by Stephen Whittington at LTM (Salon)
		This is the view of John Cage, who observed that "the textual remarks in connection with the Vexations are not humorous; they are in the spirit of Zen Buddhism." 11 Vexations could be thought of as a musical koan to be meditated upon; or a mantra to be repeated.
		Humour can be construed in the title which, by means of letter substitution, transforms the classical theme and variations form into a theme and vexations.13 And, notwithstanding Cage, the performance instructions themselves conceivably have an ironic tone.
		One cannot parody Vexations: it is so bizarre that it is already a parody of itself.
	www.ltmpub.freeserve.co.uk /satievexbio.html (2952 words)

	Satie, Erik
		This is what we did with Vexations: We had a rehearsal with twelve pianists which served to show each that the piece was difficult to play (to read) (to play too); and to establish the tempo.
		In September, 1963, we had ten pianists to play one of Satie's Vexations in relays, including me and one music critic who thought he could play the piece and wanted to get in the act.
		Sonic Satie is developed by Andreas Weixler at Sheffield University Sound Studio during a composers residence for the concert night 'Satieric Reaction' organized by Ines Kargel at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz/ Austria on the 8th of October 1999.
	www.lichtensteiger.de /furniture_music.html (884 words)

	CalArts - News and Events: Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Valencia, Jan. 6 - Eric Satie's Vexations for Piano, the complete piano music of Arnold Schoenberg, and Stephen "Lucky" Mosko's Night of the Long Knives are just three of the highlights of The Vexations of CalArts, a day-long festival of contemporary music taking place in CalArts' Roy O. Disney Music Hall, Wednesday, January 15.
		Satie composed Vexations in 1893, and John Cage premiered the work in New York in 1963.
		Vexations, one of Satie's most famous pieces, is a short composition for piano meant to be played 840 times in succession.
	www.calarts.edu /news/pressrelease/2003-1-9vexations.html (160 words)

	MUSIC: PIANIST IN 23-HOUR 'VEXATIONS' - New York Times
		Composed in the early 1890's, ''Vexations'' consists of two short, similar chordal phrases interspersed with statements of the unccompanied theme, all four segments forming a unit that is meant to be played, ''very slowly,'' 840 times.
		The first complete performance had to wait until 1963 in New York, with 10 pianists under the direction of John Cage; Satie is the father figure for Mr.
		The most oddly vexing thing about this performance of ''Vexations'' was that for 18 of its 23 hours, the museum was closed.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE0DF1139F93AA15753C1A967948260 (287 words)

	John Cage and Andy Warhol
		The fact that Warhol doesn't draw a connection between the two does not necessarily mean there was no connection between them, however, as Warhol tended to evade questions about his artistic influences.
		Although Warhol doesn't mention he attended the Vexations concert when Hirschman refers to it we know that he did attend the concert as Billy Name later recalled Warhol talking about repetition to Cage after the concert.
		With Vexations, the repetition is noticeable and intrinsic to the meaning of the piece.
	www.warholstars.org /news/johncage.html (1355 words)

	Satie-Vexations: entire reocrding and performance analysis
		The main aim of this project was to develop adequate methods for the performance analysis of long-term musical performances.
		The first recording of a continuous performance of Satie's composition 'Vexations' was used as an example.
		Comment: Due to technical difficulties during the MIDI recording, 'Vexations' begins with note number 4 of the theme.
	musicweb.hmt-hannover.de /satie (440 words)

	ICC Online \| Connecting Worlds \| Exhibiting Works
		"Vexations - c.i.p.(Composition in Progress)" 2006 transmediale 06, Berlin
		This work presents "Vexations", an odd piano piece of a single phrase repeated 840 times, originally composed by Erik Satie in the late 19th century, interpreted through an automatic, computer-controlled looping system.
		While incorporating modifications caused by data of environmental noises recorded with microphones at the venue, the software automatically generates new scores, based on which the piece gradually changes as the performance continues.
	www.ntticc.or.jp /Exhibition/2006/ConnectingWorld/Work/Vexations.html (109 words)

	CD Baby: SETH LEONARD: Vexations of the Thinker
		His narratives may twist and turn, but his songs are consistently purposeful; stories progress logically from beginning to end, their moral and emotional abstractions not only expressed but expounded upon.
		Thematically, songs like "Apologies," "Vexations of the Thinker" and "A Song For Stephanie" blaze a trail into philosophical territory rarely visited by singer/songwriters -- but even when he sings of more common themes, Leonard's words sound completely original and completely his.
		Vexations of the Thinker closes with "Muse" and "You Lucky Dog"; the former is a surprisingly conventional singer/songwriter-type piece, the latter a very short instrumental.
	cdbaby.com /cd/sethleonard (573 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		Ever since John Cage organized the first "complete" Vexations performance in 1963 with 10 pianists working respective two-hour shifts, dozens of enterprising Vexations fêtes have transpired worldwide, including some carried out by lone pianists.
		Schleiermacher's Vexations, though, represents the first "complete" version accomplished by a single performer on disc, or, to be accurate, no less than 20 discs.
		In tribute to Cage's pioneering spirit, Schleiermacher devised a game plan where every interpretive component is jointly determined by tosses of the I Ching and an intricate numeric scheme.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=4487 (619 words)

	Realizing the Mind Is Seeing the True Nature
		Because of these delusions, sentient beings develop confusions and vexations, and as a result, they are continually mired in samsara and in the cycle of rebirth and death, and cannot attain peace and joy.
		One knows that life is suffering and that one should quickly practice the Way—remove the vexations of greed, anger, ignorance, pride, doubt, and erroneous views, transform dualistic consciousness to nondualistic wisdom, and eradicate delusions of erroneous views and thoughts.
		At each stage the degree of vexations that have been eradicated and the level of realization with respect to Reality as such are each different.
	www.cthouston.org /ctcmusa/glecture6.htm (4082 words)

	YouTube - one full cycle of vexations
		One such group performs using different recorders; another musician realises Vexations on the harpsichord.
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		Players take shifts of about an hour to keep it going; at this point, we had been at it for about 17 hours.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=D-GqicYb40k (222 words)

	Dharma Dictionary - Huihu
		As one proceeds along the various stages toward ultimate liberation or complete enlightenment, there is an ongoing interplay (huihu) between vexations and wisdom (or liberation), rather than a simplistic removal of vexations.
		Vexations, once let go and removed within practice, can unexpectedly lead straight to enlightening experiences.
		At that point, one encounters neither vexations nor wisdom, which is what we would call “no huihu.” There is no more transposition encountered in the practice.
	www.thebuddhadharma.com /issues/2006/spring/dharma_dictionary.html (487 words)

	blog.myspace.com/vexharrow
		As per usual, a run of one-hundred is on the presses right now that will be released for free on Mill Avenue and the surroundings, while a small set will be held aside for people who are out of state who would like to support this project.
		I am sure that people understand that a lot of Vexations takes a lot from American Pagan culture, and borrows a great deal more from stereotypes, religious attitudes towards Christianity and Paganism, the beliefs of various cultures, and a great deal of occult esoterica.
		I have created a thread on Mill Avenue Vexations website about the artist who drew this for me, her name is Nicole Cardiff.
	blog.myspace.com /72144430 (4365 words)

	Erik Satie: Vexations - MusicReviews - www.theage.com.au
		While Satie thought the event was a failure, he had actually composed the first piece of muzak.
		Each was asked to perform at least one half-hour session and they, undoubtedly, brought to the music slightly shifting interpretations.
		Vexations might have been a challenging listening experience, but nevertheless it was a fascinating one.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/07/26/1090693895347.html?oneclick=true (377 words)

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