Farar,

I know of compositions that were done for particular buildings. The
Philips Pavilion at the Brussels Worlds Fair in 1958 comes to mind
(Varese & Xenakis). It was an exhibition building though, not a
museum. Same for the Pepsi Pavilion in the Osaka Worlds Fair in 1970
(Tudor). I seem to remember a composition done for a museum but I'll
have to do a little digging to come up with it.

The following link involves a Composition for Museum, music, John Cage:
http://hypertextbook.com/eworld/rolywholyover.shtml

>I have often seen threads on this listserv concerning novels and movies with
>museum settings, but I was wondering about museumy music. Can anyone suggest
>music that takes the museum as its setting or subject. "Pictures at an
>Exhibition" comes to my mind, as does that timeless children's song from
>They Might Be Giants, "The Edison Museum." What else?
>
>Farar Elliott
>Curator
>Office of History and Preservation
>Office of the Clerk
>U.S. House of Representatives
>Washington, D.C. 20515
>202.226.5201
>fax 202.226.5204

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