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Work Title Two2 |
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Date Composed in 1989. Premiered in New York, May 4, 1990. |
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Ensemble Type Duo |
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Instrumentation For two pianos. |
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Comments This is one of Cage’s few “number” pieces that does not utilize time-brackets. Being inspired by a remark of Sofia Gubaidulina, i.e. "There is an inner clock," Cage created a composition consisting of 36 lines of music, each containing 5 measures. Within each line, 31 events occur: 5+7+5+7+7, as in Japanese Renga poetry. The pianists play a measure in their own tempo, but the next measure may only be played when both have completed the previous. |
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Dedicatee(s) written for ‘Double Edge’ (Edmund Niemann and Nurit Tilles) |
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Publication Peters Edition EP 67302 |
