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Four³ : for four performers (one or two pianos, twelve rainsticks, violin or oscilator and silence)

Title: Four³ : for four performers (one or two pianos, twelve rainsticks, violin or oscilator and silence) / John Cage.
Author: Cage, John
Publication: New York, NY : Henmar Press, c1991.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Notated music	Supervised use	JPB 95-3 Folder 1016	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Description

[12] leaves; 28 cm.

Alternative Title

4³.

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Note

Composer's copy of the printed edition with some holograph annotations.
"There are four activities for the four players that interpenetrate within the given time brackets: 1. Silence...2. The sound of a rainstick...3. ...a sine wave...4. Excerpts...from Extended lullaby 1-6 and 7-12 (chance determined variations of the cantus firmus and the counterpoints of Vexations [by] Erik Satie)..." -- from performance notes.
Dedication: for The Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.

Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 1016

OCLC

NYPG95-C1277

Author

Cage, John.

Title

Four³ : for four performers (one or two pianos, twelve rainsticks, violin or oscilator and silence) / John Cage.

Imprint

New York, NY : Henmar Press, c1991.

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Satie, Erik, 1866-1925. Vexations.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Research Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 1016 Public service copy

JPB 94-24 Folder 858 Originals -- Permission required