| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | 19441, 2 or 19473 |
| Instrumentation: | 2 pianos |
| Duration: | 7' |
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| Choreography: | Merce Cunningham: Idyllic Song (1944) |
| Published: | Eschig, Paris, France ©1984 |
| Manuscript: | Score dated 1947 © 1960 (holograph copy by John Cage in pencil, signed - 7 p. Folder 140); Part for piano 2 dated 1947 © 1960 (manuscript in pencil - 7 p. Folder 142); Score (copyist's manuscript (photocopy) with annotations by Cage in unidentified hands - 13 p. Folder 143), all in New York Public Library |
| This is the arrangement of part 1 of Satie's Socrate, Drame Symphonique en Trois Parties avec Voix, entitled: "Portrait de Socrate
(Le Banquet)". In 1968 Cage also arranged parts II and III. All arrangements may be used as part of a performance of The first meeting of the Satie society the socie satiety. Sources: Martin Erdmann: Chronologisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Kompositionen, Schriften, Gespräche, Hörspiele, Bilder, Objekte und Filme. In: Musik-Konzepte Sonderband - John Cage II1; Frans van Rossum: Enige bekende feiten over John Cage2; James Pritchett: The Music of John Cage3; New York Public Library online catalog |