| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | Stony Point [N.Y.], February 1960 |
| Instrumentation: | for any number of toy pianos |
| Duration: | indeterminate |
| Premiere and performer(s): | February 25, 1960 at Wesleyan University, Connecticut, realized and performed by David Tudor |
| Dedicated to: | --- |
| Choreography: | --- |
| Published: | Edition Peters 6724 © 1960 by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: | Score (holograph, signed, in ink - 1+8 lvs. Folder 267) in New York Public Library |
| This is a composition indeterminate of its performance. The material consists of 7 sheets of transparent plastic. 2 sheets have points
(referring to the keys of rods of the piano(s)), 2 contain circles (piano amplification), 2 with points within circles (noise) and 1 contains a graph and
a staight line. The transparencies are superimposed to create a single reading. Any number of readings may be made. In a performance the toy piano are amplified by using contact microphones. Loudspeakers are distributed around the public. Sources: New York Public Library online catalog; Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; Published score; Richard Kostelanetz: John Cage: Writer - Previously uncollected pieces; Eric Salzman: liner notes of CD: Wergo WER 6158-2 |