John Cage started composing in 1931, on the island of Mallorca, or maybe in Paris. Several sources mention
different places. He composed these pieces using mathematical formulas. These calculations were extremely complicated,
resulting in very short compositions. Though it is not clear to me whether the manuscript in Paris concerns these
mathematical pieces, they are definitely from this period.
*'The Roaring Silence' mentions that Cage threw away the
manuscript, so it seems obvious to assume that the pieces were never performed.
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