1963
April 15. Charlotte Moorman with David Tudor. 2 Pitt Street. NYC. Ensemble: Jacob Glick (viola), Joseph Byrd (piano), MN (marimba). Work(s): Barney Childs, Interbalances III (1963). Other works by John Cage,26’ 1.1499” for a String Player, La Monte Young, Composition 1960 #13, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown,Music for Cello and Piano, Joseph Byrd,Loops and Sequences, Philip Corner, Anton Webern.
N.B. 2 Pitt Street was a loft shared by Philip Corner and Beverly Schmidt that featured performances of dance and music.
Neuhaus’s use of the marimba in this intimate setting highlighted the delicate, "stasis-like" qualities of Feldman’s music, which challenged the virtuoso percussion style Neuhaus was simultaneously developing for Stockhausen.
Venue: The Lower East Side loft of Philip Corner and Beverly Schmidt, which served as a laboratory for the intersection of dance and experimental music.
The Trio:
- Max Neuhaus: Marimba.
- Jacob Glick: Viola.
- Joseph Byrd: Piano.The Work: The ensemble performed Morton Feldman’s The Straits of Magellan (1961).
This concert is frequently cited by scholars like Sally Banes as an example of the "loft scene" aesthetics that bypassed traditional concert halls.
Bibliography / Press / 1993 - Sally Banes, Greenwich Village 1963: Avant-Garde Performance and the Effervescent Body.