| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | Santa Monica, California. Late October - November 3, 1933 |
| Instrumentation: | Two or more instruments with specific ranges: I, c' - c"' and II, c - c" |
| Duration: | 6' |
| Premiere and performer(s): | ? |
| Dedicated to: | Richard Buhlig |
| Choreography: | --- |
| Published: | Edition Peters 6754 © by Henmar Press 1960 |
| Manuscript: | Score (Signed holograph in ink, with corrections in pencil - 3 p.) and notes to copyist used in preparation for published edition (holograph in black and blue pencil - 3 lv.), both in New York Public Library |
| The Sonata for Two Voices is in 3 movements: I. Sonata - II. Fugato - III. Rondo. The Sonata is a chromatic composition
dealing with the same problems as that of Composition for 3 voices. In this piece, each voice is playes within a specific two-octave range. All twenty-five notes should be played, without repetitions. Once all have been played, another presentation begins, and so on, throughout the piece. Sources: Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; Paul van Emmerik's A John Cage Compendium; New York Public Library online catalog; David Revill: The Roaring Silence; Richard Kostelanetz: John Cage: Writer - Previously uncollected pieces |