MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Carl Stone

Composition Name: Jakuzure

Composition Date:                       1988 
Revised Date:                           1988 
Configuration:                         Electronic Music
Featured Instrument:                   Koto
                                       Electronic
Japanese Instrument(s):                Y
Length:                                N/A
Players:                               2
Commissioned by:                       Music From Japan
Version (Original/Revised):            R
MFJ Presented:                         N

Article/Review:                        A

Publication:                           Staten Island Advance
Title:                                 Music and technology interact at sympos.
Author/Critic:                         Eileen Siegel
Publication Date:                      3/27/90
Reaction:                              Neutral
Synopsis:                              "...involves the pitch-sensing system, which triggers various
                                       reactions in the computer controlling the sound-generating
                                       devices, such as the synthesizer and the sampler."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Ritual and Technology
Author/Critic:                         Bernard Holland
Publication Date:                      3/28/90
Reaction:                              Neutral
Synopsis:                              "...'Jakazure' was sabatoged...by a hard-disk eating power surge
                                       some hours before the concert (the computer as censor? critic?).
                                       Mr. Stone...and the passionate Miss Sawai improvised instead."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A