| Category: |
Musical composition |
| Dated: |
New York City, 1978 |
| Instrumentation: |
for cello and/or for piano solo |
| Duration: |
15' - 20' |
| Premiere and performer(s): |
Cello: 1981 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, performed by Frances-Marie Uitti. Piano:
1982 in Washington, D.C., performed by Michael Pugliese |
| Dedicated to: |
for Jack and Jeanne Kirstein (originally). "The Etudes Boreales for Piano Solo (in
memoriam Jeanne Kirstein) are now dedicated to Michael Pugliese" (from Mode 1/2 liner notes by John Cage) |
| Choreography: |
Merce Cunningham: Arcade (1985) |
| Published: |
Edition Peters 66327-66328 © 1981 by Henmar Press
|
| Manuscript: |
Sketches: star-chart tracings for piano part (holograph in pencil and ink - 1+8 lvs. Folder 1017); Sketches: star-chart tracings for
piano part (holograph in pencil and ink - 3 lvs. Folder 1016); Sketches: star-chart tracings for piano part (holograph in pencil - 2 lvs. Folder 575);
Sketches for piano part (holograph in pencil and ink - 6 lvs. Folder 574); Cello part, incomplete (photocopy of holograph - 15 lvs. Folder 573);
Cello part (galley proof with holographic annotations in ink - 8 p. Folder 1015); Cello part (copyist's manuscript - 9 lvs. Folder 1014);
Notes for cello part (holograph in pencil and ink - 13 lvs. Folder 570); Sketches: star-chart tracings for cello part (holograph in pencil - 2 lvs.
Folder 571); Sketches (holograph in pencil - 7 lvs. Folder 572), all at New York Public Library. |