| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | February 1980 |
| Instrumentation: | For four or more musicians, each supplied with the same six different stereo cassette recordings of music or sound of a single kind. |
| Duration: | indeterminate |
| Premiere and performer(s): | February 26, 1980 at the City Center, New York City. Performed together with the choreography. |
| Dedicated to: | --- |
| Choreography: | Merce Cunningham: Duets (1980) |
| Published: | Edition Peters 67845 © 1980 by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: | Draft (holograph in ink - 1 p. Folder 589) in New York Public Library |
| When used as an accompaniment to the dance 'Duets' (choreography by
Merce Cunningham) the cassettes used are of traditional Irish bodhran playing.
The published score consists of 2 leaves with (the same) written instructions: 1 hand written, 1 typed.
The average duration of 1 cassette is about one fifth of the total duration of the performance. Each musician makes his own program,
using 2 channels each. A program may include repetitions. The piece should be played ppp except for
1 crescendo to ff and diminuendo back to ppp.
Sources: Published score; Paul van Emmerik: Thema met Variaties; Richard Kostelanetz: John Cage writer - Previously uncollected pieces |