| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | April 1965 |
| Instrumentation: | Notes re preparation of a magnetic tape. For at least 4 performers with at least 12 taperecorders and at least 88 tape-loops. |
| Duration: | indeterminate (about 2 hours during first performance) |
| Premiere and performer(s): | May 5, 1965 at the Rose Art Museum , Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. Performance by Alvin Lucier and students of the University. |
| Dedicated to: | for Alvin Lucier |
| Choreography: | --- |
| Published: | Edition Peters 6800 © 1965 by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: | Correspondence (holograph, signed, typescript and in ink - 6 p.) at New York Public Library |
| 'Score' consists of correspondence between John Cage and Alvin Lucier, concerning the prepations
for the Brandeis University concert, mentioned above. The tapes may contain any material and may vary in length (up to
around 45 feet). If a loop breaks, it should be fixed or replaced by another. A performance of the piece starts with the audience
entering, and ends when the last member of the audience has left.
Sources: Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; David Revill: The Roaring Silence; James Pritchett: The Music of John Cage; New York Public Library catalog; Richard Kostelanetz: John Cage (ex)plain(ed); Richard Kostelanetz: John Cage - An Anthology |