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Work Title Theatre Piece (1960) |
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Date Composed in 1960. Premiered in New York, March 7, 1960. |
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Ensemble Type Variable |
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Instrumentation Parts are provided for 1 to 8 performers (musicians, dancers, singers, etc.) to be used, in whole or in part, in any combination. |
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Comments This work was originally used as music for the choreographed piece by Merce Cunningham of the same title. Theatre Piece is a composition indeterminate of its performance. It is one of Cage’s earliest works to use time brackets. These time brackets indicate a period of time within which an action may be made. The actions are taken from a gamut of 20 nouns and/or verbs, chosen by the performer. The compositional means were the materials of Fontana Mix. Parts are provided for 1-8 performers, which may be used in whole, in part, or in any combination |
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Publication Peters Edition EP 6759a-h |