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... that composer Ann McMillan used magnetic tape as an instrument? Source: McMillan’s primary medium was magnetic tape, which she manipulated to create surreal soundscapes
- ALT1A: ... that Ann McMillan "played" a tape recorder for Edgard Varèse's Déserts piece? Source: Varèse would have a US premiere of Déserts under the direction of Frederick Waldman. At the performance ... I ‘played’ the tape machine.
- ALT1B: ... that Ann McMillan "played" a tape recorder at the United States premiere of Edgard Varèse's Déserts piece? Source: Same as ALT1A
- ALT2: ... that one music critic said that "all of Ann McMillan's materials are altered almost beyond recognition"? Source: Other pieces deal with human vocal sounds, insect sounds, bird calls, and water sounds, but like all of McMillan's materials, they are altered almost beyond recognition. It's a little like what happens to visual images when they get transformed into a Klee or a de Kooning.
- ALT3: ... that Ann McMillan recorded nature sounds within the woods around the MacDowell Colony while a fellow there? Source: There is Ann McMillan, who wanders around the woods taping animal sounds and "incidental noises of nature" for her musical compositions.
- ALT4A: ... that radio executive Ann McMillan asked Yoko Ono to "give [her daughter] to someone who loves her" after seeing how bad their home was? Source: McMillan ... quedó consternada al descubrir cómo vivian Yoko y Tony en losa dos pisos que habían ocupado durante el verano, uno en Hudson Street y el otro en Christopher Street ... aquellos pisos mugrientos y pequeños eran ya el hogar de la pequeña Kyoko ... McMillan recordaba lo acongojada que se sentía al entrar en el piso y encontrarla en unas condiciones tan deplorables. ¿Por qué no dais a esa niña a alguien que la quiera?», estalló finalmente un día.
- ALT4B: ... that radio executive Ann McMillan asked Yoko Ono to "give [her daughter] to someone who loves her"? Source: Same as ALT4A
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Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 68 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 17:02, 14 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]