Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of 3



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.