Prelude for meditation



Category: Musical composition
Dated: New York City, 1944
Instrumentation: Prepared piano
Duration: 1'
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Dedicated to: ---
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Published: Edition Peters 6742 © 1960 by Henmar Press
Manuscript: Score (Holograph, signed, in ink - 1 p.) in New York Public Library.


This work has a tiny range of sounds and is rhythmically very simple. Like in more of his works from this period, Cage only uses the white notes. The piece reminds of the music of Satie.