| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | At end of No.1: October 25 [1950]; At end of No.10: December 26 [1950]; At end of No.12: December 22 [1950]; Date on title page: January 19, 1951 |
| Instrumentation: | Flute, trumpet, 4 percussionists, piano, violin and cello |
| Duration: | 53' |
| Premiere and performer(s): | January 17, 1951 at Bennett Junior College in Milbrook, New York. Performed with the choreography with costumes and properties by Eleanor de Vito, John Cage, Remy Charlip and Merce Cunningham. |
| Dedicated to: | for Merce Cunningham |
| Choreography: | Merce Cunningham |
| Published: | Edition Peters © by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: | Score (holograph, signed, in pencil - 1+ 67 p.); Piano reduction of score, including titles not used in the final version (see below) (holograph in pencil - 28 lv.); 3 parts (photocopy of manuscripts in an unidentified hand with manuscript annotations in pen and pencil - John Cage's personal copy - 50+34+33 p.); 3 Parts (holograph, signed, in pencil and manuscripts by Morton Feldman and Christian Wolff - 50+34+34 p.); Sketches (holograph in pencil - 4 p. + 1 envelope); Directions to copyist (typescript - 1 lf.), all in New York Public Library. |