| Category: |
Musical composition |
| Dated: |
New York City, 1948 |
| Instrumentation: |
for voice unaccompanied |
| Duration: |
4' |
| Premiere and performer(s): |
Three different dates occur: One of the manuscripts mentions Summer 1948 at Black Mountain, North Carolina; Frans van
Rossum mentions in his book "John Cage in Den Haag" that it was premiered on February 26, 1949 at the Marine's
Memorial Theatre in San Francisco. The liner notes from the Wergo CD mention 1949 at Hunter performed by mezzo soprano
Vivian Bower. |
| Dedicated to: |
for Merce Cunningham |
| Choreography: |
Experiences by Merce Cunningham |
| Published: |
Edition Peters 6708b © 1961 by Henmar Press
|
| Manuscript: |
Score with additional musical material (holograph in pencil and pen and typescript - 8 p.);
Score (holograph with holographic annotations in blue pencil - 4 p.), both in New York Public Library. |