| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | New York, April 1991 |
| Instrumentation: | Violoncello solo |
| Duration: | 43'30" |
| Premiere and performer(s): | November 30, 1991 at the Messe Stuttgart Killesberg (Kongreßzentrum B, Saal Straßburg) in Stuttgart, Germany, performed by Michael Bach and the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart. (simultaneously with 108). |
| Dedicated to: | Michael Bach |
| Choreography: | Merce Cunningham: Interscape (2000) |
| Published: | Edition Peters 67408 © 1991 by Henmar Press. |
| Manuscript: | Score (galley proof with holograph and copyist's annotations - 12 p.); Score with letter by Michael Bach (manuscript in the hand of Michael Bach - 1+6 p.); Diagram (manuscript in an unidentified hand - 1 p.); Sketches (holograph in ink - 2 p.); List of time brackets and sketches for them (holograph in ink - 53 p.), all in New York Public Library. |
| The score consists of 53 flexible time brackets with single sounds produced on one, two, three or four strings,
using a curved bow (developed by Michael Bach). All time brackets overlap, so the composition may be performed like a sound
continuum. Durations, dynamics and bow positions are left to the performer. Pitches include microtonal deviations, indicated by small arrows on the accidentals. One8 may be performed with 108. In that case the title changes to One8 and 108. For other combinations with 108: see Two3 and One9. Sources: Peters Nachrichten October 1991; Paul van Emmerik: A Cage Compendium |