| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | New York City, December 1991 |
| Instrumentation: | 3 flutes, 1 alto flute. 4 clarinets. 3 oboes, 1 english horn. 3 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon. 4 trumpets. 4 horns. 2 trombones, 1 bass trombone, 1 tuba |
| Duration: | 28' |
| Premiere and performer(s): | September 5, 1992 at the Alte Oper (Grosser Saal) in Frankfurt, Germany. Performance by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, conducted by Hans Zender |
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| Published: | Edition Peters 67466a © 1992 by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: | 26+28+29 parts (Galley proof with holograph and an unidentified hand's annotations - 119 p.); Sketches (Holograph in ink - 21 lvs.); ? (holograph in ink - 1+74 lvs.), all in New York Public Library. |
| May be performed alone or with Twenty-Six and/or
Twenty-Nine. In a combined performance the longest piece should start and close,
the other work(s) starting within the period of time that is the difference of length. The first flute will start the videoclock. All works consist of flexible time brackets with single tones played only once. Commissioned by the Frankfurt Feste and the Saarländischer Rundfunk, with the support of the Gesellschaft der Freunde der Alten Oper. Sources: Paul van Emmerik: A Cage Compendium; Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; New York Public Library online catalog; Information provided by Glenn Freeman |