| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | New York City, Stony Point, Villiers/sous/Grez, La Rochelle, New York City, May 1976 - August 1976 |
| Instrumentation: | Four singers and any number of musicians with any melody or keyboard instruments and a drum ad lib. |
| Timing: | indeterminate |
| Premiere and performer(s): | October 27, 1976 at the 50th Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music in Boston (performed with Renga). Another source mentions September 30, 1976. (Same occasion) |
| Dedicated to: | |
| Choreography: | --- |
| Published: | Edition Peters 6819 © 1976 by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: | Notes and worksheets (holograph in ink - 55 lv.); Notes and list of errata (holograph in blue ink - 1 lf.); 61 parts (printed parts containing holographic corrections. Incomplete - 90 lv.); Used model and draft of rejected version (holograph in pencil - 71 lv.); Incomplete set of parts containing copies of models to be used (holograph, signed, in pencil - 84 lv.); Notes and worksheets (holograph in ink - 55 lv.); Notes and list of errata (holograph in blue ink with additions in black, red and orange pencil - 1 lf.); Source material + 2 manuscript leaves (41 lv.); All in New York Public Library. |
| The title refers to the fact that many things happen at the same time. The musical material is derived from
works by other composers (music from the time of the American Revolution and Drum Book by Benjamin Clarke).
Alterations of the materials were made using the I-Ching, resulting in 44 Harmonies, 14 Tunes, 4 Marches and 2 Imitations.
The performers make a program on what parts to perform. The four vocalists represent the peoples living in America 200 years ago: the Protestants, the Sephardim, the American Indians and the Negro Slaves. They decide themselves what songs they sing, as long as the material is authentic. One or more voices may be performed on tape. Apartment House 1776 may be performed with Renga. Some material has been performed seperately such as Imitations II and Thirteen Harmonies. |