Ketzel
Ketzel (* 1993 ; † July 13, 2011 in New York City ) was the house cat of the piano player and composer Moshe Cotel . She became known when a “ composition ” of her won a Paris Music Prize.
background
When Moshe Cotel sang the Bach composition Das Well-Tempered Clavier , his cat Ketzel ( Yiddish for “cat”) jumped on the piano and ran from the high notes down to the bass. Cotel transcribed the notes and was amazed to discover that his cat's short insert actually had structure. He kept the 35-second composition in his archive and remembered it again when he was invited to the music competition "Paris New Music Review's One-Minute Competition". He sent in the piece of the cat as “Piece for Piano, Four Paws” and the piece that reminded the jury of Anton Webern actually received a “special mention”.
The piece was first performed in 1998 at the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University . The piece was then played in Europe. Ketzel was present at a performance at the Museum of the City of New York and meowed when the play was announced. The cat later received a check for US $ 19.72 for a performance of the play in Rotterdam . Piano player Noel Lester released the piece in 2000 on his album Purrfectly Classical , a collection of classical pieces by and for cats.
Ketzel died July 13, 2011 at the age of 19. The cat outlived its master by three years.
Individual evidence
- ↑ James Barron: Chronicle. New York Times , November 10, 1997, accessed August 15, 2014 .
- ↑ James Barron: Noted Composer, Who Leapt Into Atonality, Meows Her Last. City Room (New York Times), July 6, 2011, accessed August 15, 2014 .
- ↑ Purrfectly Classical at Allmusic (English). Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ↑ Kristina Chew: Prize-Winning Composer Ketzel the Cat Dies at 19th care2.com, July 19, 2011, accessed August 15, 2014 .