{"id":2500,"date":"2023-08-16T12:47:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/?p=2500"},"modified":"2023-10-27T13:23:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T17:23:13","slug":"award-bacchanale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/award-bacchanale\/","title":{"rendered":"AWARD Publishing: Cage’s Bacchanale"},"content":{"rendered":"

LARGET-CAPLAN’S JOHN CAGE ARRANGEMENT WINS NATIONAL AWARD<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Music Publishers Association of the United States presented a Paul Revere Award for Graphic Excellence<\/strong> in June to Aaron Larget-Caplan for his arrangement of Bacchanale <\/em>by John Cage, for two prepared\"\"<\/a> guitars published by Edition Peters. The Bacchanale <\/em>publication was issued in the fall of 2022 and won second prize in Music for Fretted Instruments category.<\/p>\n

It is the third in a series of John Cage arrangements for guitar done by Larget-Caplan. The first \u2018Six Melodies\u2019<\/strong> for violin and guitar from 2015 were followed by a collection of seven solos by Cage titled \u2018Piano Music for Guitar\u2019<\/strong> in 2017. They are the first arrangements to receive permission from the Cage estate for publication, and have been widely acclaimed for their inventiveness, quality, and playability.<\/p>\n

Larget-Caplan recorded all these compositions on his extensively praised album, \u2018John. Cage. Guitar.\u2019 It was issued by Stone Records (UK) in 2018. Classical Guitar Magazine said, “Aaron Larget-Caplan is fast becoming perhaps the greatest guitar advocate for the music of John Cage.”\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Originally a solo work for prepared piano written in 1948 for dancer and choreographer Syvilla Fort, Bacchanale <\/em>requires the performer to \u201cprepare\u201d the piano. Fort asked Cage for a work for percussion ensemble, but there was not enough room on stage, so Cage experimented by putting items in the piano itself like screws, bolts, washers and insulation. Bacchanale<\/em> is the first of his works to do such preparations, and he would go to win a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Award from the National Academy of Arts and Letters for his invention of the prepared piano.<\/p>\n

Established in 1964 in honor of the 200th anniversary of the first music engraving in America by the famous silversmith Paul Revere, Paul Revere Awards for Graphic Excellence<\/em> were initially given as a means of alerting the music industry to the advantages of providing the best possible publication from the viewpoint of engraving, graphic arts and production standards. Today the awards still recognize outstanding examples of graphic design, with an emphasis on usability for orchestras, educators, libraries and individuals.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the second publication of Larget-Caplan\u2019s to have received Paul Revere Awards for Graphic Excellence from the MPA. In 2021, Larget-Caplan\u2019s Nights Transfigured, Volume 1 of the New Lullaby Project Anthology <\/em><\/a>published in partnership with the American Composers Alliance won multiple awards: 1st<\/sup> prize for Guitar Music Notesetting, and 2nd<\/sup> prize for Book Design and Cover Design.<\/p>\n

*See blog post on Nights Transfigured award<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Award Information<\/strong><\/a> (click)<\/h2>\n

MUSIC FOR FRETTED INSTRUMENTS<\/strong>
\n1st Prize: Two Sides (Pierre Jalbert) Schott Music Corporation
\nNotesetter: Philip Rothman
\nProduction Coordinator: Scott Wollschleger<\/p>\n

2nd Prize: Bacchanale<\/em> (John Cage, Arr. Aaron Larget-Caplan) Edition Peters USA
\nNotesetter: Aaron Larget-Caplan<\/strong>
\nBook Design: He\u0301ctor Colo\u0301n
\nProduction Coordinator: Owen Summers<\/p>\n

PURCHASE THE SCORE:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bandcamp<\/a> (autographed by Larget-Caplan) \u2022 Alfred Music<\/a><\/p>\n

QUOTES:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

“John. Cage. Guitar. is an excellent introduction to those who want to approach [Cage] for the first time. Highly recommended.\u201d <\/em>~ NeuGuitars (Italy)<\/p>\n

“John. Cage. Guitar., quite properly, knows no fear in its blend of delicacy, complexity and amiable simplicity.” <\/em>~ Music Web International\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AUDIO LINKS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Stone Records<\/a> \u2022 Spotify<\/a> \u2022 Amazon<\/a> \u2022 Apple<\/a><\/p>\n

VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n