| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | October 11, 1955 |
| Instrumentation: | Piano Solo or ensemble |
| Duration: | Indeterminate |
| Premiere and performer(s): | October 15, 1955 at Clarkstown Highschool, New City |
| Dedicated to: | for David Weinrib |
| Choreography: | Merce Cunningham: Suite for Five in Space and Time / Suite for Five / Suite for Two / Stillness (1956) |
| Published: | Edition Peters 6734 © 1960 by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: |
| These 32 pieces may be performed alone or together and with or without
Music for Piano 4-19;
53-68 and 69-84.
Overlappings of and silences between the pieces are allowed.
Dynamics, tempo and the nature of the noises are to be determined by the performer(s). The work includes interior and exterior noises from the piano body. The compositional means were the use of paper imperfections Sources: Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; David Revill: The Roaring Silence; Richard Kostelanetz: John Cage writer - previously uncollected pieces ; New York Public Library online catalog; Published score |