Four6



Category: Musical composition
Dated: New York City, March 1992
Instrumentation: For any way of producing sounds (vocalizing, singing, playing of an instrument or instruments, electronics etc.)
Duration: 30'
Premiere and performer(s): July 23, 1992 at Central Park Summerstage in New York City, performed by John Cage, Joan LaBarbara, William Winant and Leonard Stein.
Dedicated to: For Pauline Oliveros to celebrate her sixtieth birthday and for Joan La Barbara, William Winant and Leonard Stein.
Choreography: Merce Cunningham: Tune In / Spin Out (1996) and Rondo (1996)
Published: Edition Peters 67469 © 1992 by Henmar Press.
Manuscript: 4 parts (galley proof with holographic annotations in ink - 21 p.); Sketches and worksheets (typescript and holograph in ink - 11 p.), borh in New York Public Library.


The performers choose twelve different sounds each, with fixed amplitude, overtone structure etc., and play within the flexible time brackets.
The first players part may be performed as a solo, thus entitled One7.