| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | Chicago, February 1942 |
| Instrumentation: | 6 percussion players |
| Duration: | 3' |
| Premiere and performer(s): | March 1, 1942 at the Arts Club of Chicago, performed by Xenia Cage, Katherine Manning, Brabazon Lindsey, Marjorie Parkin and Stuart Lloyd. |
| Other performances: | * May 1, 1950. Minneapolis, MN. Ensemble from Northwest Sinfonietta. Henry Denecke, conductor * 1953 in Urbana, IL. Ensemble conducted by Paul Price |
| Dedicated to: | Lavinia Schwartz |
| Choreography: | --- |
| Published: | Edition Peters 6717 © 1961 by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: | Score (holograph in pencil - 12 p.); Score (copyist's manuscript used for published edition - 12 p.); Score (copyist's manuscript in ink with holographic annotations in ink and pencil - 12 p.); Parts (copyist's manuscript chiefly in ink with holographic pages in ink and pencil. Contains emendations in pencil - 12 p.); Sketch (holograph in pencil - 1 p.), all in New York Public Library. |
| The rhythmical structure is 12 times 12 (3, 2, 4, 3). The instruments are tin cans and a muted gong, combined
with electronic and mechanical devices including oscillators, variable speed turntables playing frequency recordings,
a buzzer, an amplified coil of wire and a microphone amplified marimbula. Sources: New York Public Library online catalog; Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; C.F.Peters catalog; Paul van Emmerik: A Cage Compendium; Richard Kostelanetz: John Cage: Writer - Previously uncollected pieces) |