A Room



Category: Musical composition
Dated: 1943
Instrumentation: Piano or prepared piano
Duration: 2'
Premiere and performer(s):
Dedicated to: ---
Choreography: ---
Published: Edition Peters 6790 © 1968 by Henmar Press. Also published in "John Cage: Pianoworks (1935-1948)", Edition Peters 67830 © ?.
Manuscript: Score (holograph - 5p) in New York Public Library (?)


The rhythmic structure is 4,7,2,5; 4,7,2,3,5.
This is a short composition with a constant flowing pulse, reminding minimal music. It is built up around a complex rhythmic scheme, which is not what one hears. Originally Cage intended A Room to be part 3 of She is Asleep.