Waiting



Category: Musical composition
Dated: 1.7.52, N.Y.C. (January 7, 1952)
Instrumentation: for Piano Solo
Duration: 3'30"
Premiere and performer(s): February 4, 1952. Henry Street Playhouse, New York. John Cage, piano. Performed with Lippold choreography
Other performances: * May 18, 1952. Henry Street Playhouse, New York. John Cage, piano. Performed with Lippold choreography
Dedicated to: Louise Lippold
Choreography: Louise Lippold
Published: Edition Peters 6769 © 1960 by Henmar Press. Also published in "Works for Piano, Prepared Piano and Toy Piano, Volume 4: 1933-1952". Edition Peters 68030 © 2005.
Manuscript: Score (holograph, signed, in ink - 1 p. Folder 186); Instructions regarding duplication for publication (typescript - 1 lf. Folder 187); Drafts and sketches (Holograph in pencil - 1 v. ([34] l.), bound + 2 leaves, folded. Call No.*MNZ-Amer. (Cage, J. Pastorale no. 1)) all at the New York Public Library


This work begins wih sixteen measures of silence (lasting a minute and a half), followed by 2 sections with short ostinati. The composition ends with another 20 second of silence.