Word: formless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Music is not a very helpful term, encompassing as it does everything from the formless radio squawks of John Cage to the new classic twelve-tone row introduced by the late Arnold Sohoenberg. Last night's concert of New Music was the work of five young European composers whose music, not unexpectedly, conforms to neither of the two extremes. The pieces presented were variously scored for voice, piano, flute, harp, stereo tape and a truly staggering assortment of percussion instruments which included both Chinese blocks and Victorian stained glass. The music and the instruments were often difficult to listen...
...points out frequently that he is "Only a silly soldier man," and says "Dash my buttons" at intervals (sometimes, a glance at the text informs me, with one exclamation point; sometimes with two). The play is all done by formula, and yet at the same time it is formless...
...Connection. Playwright Jack Gelber makes a devastating assault on theatrical illusion, presents a pad full of junkies in a formless, utterly naturalistic play that has sporadic distinction...