Electronic Music for Piano



Category: Musical composition
Dated: Stockholm, September 2, 1964
Instrumentation: Solo piano (or any number of pianos) with electronics
Duration: indeterminate
Premiere and performer(s): September 10, 1964 at Fylkingen - Stockholm, Sweden. Performance by David Tudor, piano and electronics.
Dedicated to: for David Tudor
Choreography: ---
Published: Edition Peters 6801 © 1965 by Henmar Press
Manuscript:


The score was written on an sheet of paper of a hotel in Stockholm. The cryptic score contains a written instruction for the use of parts from Music for Piano 4-84, using electronic equipment (the score mentions microphones, amplifiers and osciloscope) and a constellation from an astronomical chart.

Sources: Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties ; Steffen Schleiermacher: Description of the method of Interpretation Employed in Music for Piano 1-85 and Electronic Music for Piano (Liner notes of CD: MDG 613 0784-2)