| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | July 1984 |
| Instrumentation: | (high) voice and piano |
| Duration: | 1' |
| Premiere and performer(s): | |
| Dedicated to: | in memoriam Cathy Berberian |
| Choreography: | --- |
| Published: | Edition Peters 67039 © 1984 by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: | Score (holograph in red pencil - 1 p. Folder 638) in New York Public Library |
| This song should be sung without a break, after a performance of
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs. The keyboard lid is opened and and struck
against the piano structure with the pedal down. This action is repeated two more times. The text is from `Finnegans WakeŽ by James Joyce. Sources: David Revill: The Roaring Silence; Richard Kostelanetz: John Cage writer - Previously uncollected pieces; Martin Erdmann: Chronologisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Kompositionen, Schriften, Gespräche, Hörspiele, Bilder, Objekte und Filme. In: Musik-Konzepte Sonderband - John Cage II; New York Public Library online catalog |