Merry Synthmas: Before John Cage, There Was Raymond Scott

Here’s a bit of Raymond Scott holiday trivia: Summit, New Jersey, Christmas 1942: The “famous Raymond Scott Quintet, featuring Dorothy Collins,” performs for a “Holiday Assembly” at the Masonic Hall. Scott performed his composition Silent Music. This “unrecorded” work has long been part of Scott lore—a “composition” consisting of no notes, a silent performance in… Read More Merry Synthmas: Before John Cage, There Was Raymond Scott