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Ringing Rock Found music Symphony

Ringing Rocks concert - found poem

Salmon Rubenstein was a composer
Who was well known for using “found sounds” in his compositions.
He was most famous for his Cicada Concerto which featured the sounds of cicada
with the taped, altered, and live sounds of Cicada accompanying the orchestra.
And his ringing rocks xylophone concerto “forging a primitive xylophone-like instrument
forged out of the most sonorous rocks that made such beautiful and distinctive sounds”.
the conductor Yaani conducted the Philadelphia Symphony in a live concert.
Performed live at Ringing Rock Park and live streamed to millions.
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RINGING ROCKS PARK in PENNSYLVANIA

https://unusualplaces.org/ringing-rocks-park-pennsylvania/

Experience the Melody of Stones at Ringing Rocks Park, Pennsylvania
Experience the Melody of Stones at Ringing Rocks Park, Pennsylvania
In the late 1800s, Dr. J.J. Ott stumbled upon a boulder field in Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania filled with rocks that resonated like a bell when they were struck by a rock hammer. Dr. Ott was so enamored by Upper Black Eddy’s musical rocks that he constructed a primitive xylophone-like instrument out of the most sonorous rocks that he could find and performed a concert for a local historical society.

Photo by Flickr
The musical boulder field that captivated Dr. J.J. Ott is now known as Ringing Rocks Park. Ringing Rocks Park is one of a handful of places in the world that is home to a field of boulders that literally ring. Scientists have spent decades studying the musical rocks of Ringing Rocks Park, yet the scientific community still cannot explain exactly how or why the ringing rocks make such beautiful and distinctive sounds.
Conspiracy theorists have proposed that the ringing rocks are tied to aliens, excessive radiation, or ancient forest magic. Most scientists and amateur geologists suspect that the ringing rocks ring because millions of years of fluctuating between extreme heat and glacial cold have fashioned them into stone instruments.
Visitors are encouraged to pack a hammer so they can make their own music at Ringing Rocks Park. One curious property of the musical rocks of Ringing Rocks Park is that they cease to ring if they are not surrounded by other ringing rocks. If you are intent on putting on your own primordial rock concert it is best to leave the rocks in place.