| Category: |
Musical composition |
| Dated: |
New York City and other cities of the world (Caracas, Cuernavaca, Toronto, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, Kyoto, Tokyo, Saporro),
September 1975 - April 1976 |
| Instrumentation: |
78 parts to be played alone or with Apartment House 1776 or some other musicircus appropriate to another occasion than the Bicentennial of the
USA, an occasion for example, such as the birth or death of another musically productive nation or person, or the birthday of a society concerned
with some aspect of creation productive of sound e.g. birds, marine animals etc. |
| Duration: |
30-40 minutes |
| Premiere and performer(s): |
October 27, 1976 at the 50th Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music in Boston (performed with
Apartment House 1776). Another source mentions September 30, 1976. (Same occasion)
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| Dedicated to: |
for Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in observance of the Bicentennial of the USA. |
| Choreography: |
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| Published: |
Edition Peters 6818 © 1976 by Henmar Press
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| Manuscript: |
Score (photocopy of typescript and manuscript - 2+12 p.); Sketches (holograph in ink - 215 p. on 144 lvs.);
Sketches (holograph in ink - 62 p. on 32 lvs.); Sketches (holograph in ink - 7 lvs.+ 1 envelope); Performance instructions (typescript, signed,
with holographic emendations in black and blue ink - 3 lvs.); General remarks (photocopy of typed and signed pages - 2 lvs.);
78 parts (holograph in ink); Sketches (holograph in ink - 5 lvs.), all in New York Public Library; Score (holograph, size unknown) in Los Angeles,
private collection. |