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Work Title Living Room Music |
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Date Composed in 1940. |
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Ensemble Type Percussion Quartet |
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Work Length 20 minutes |
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Instrumentation For vocalising percussion quartet. |
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Comments The first and last movements of this piece are to be played on household objects, such as magazines, a table, books, or the floor, or using household architectural “objects,” such as window frames. The optional third movement is a melody performed by one player on "any suitable instrument". The text of the popular second movement, “The World is Round,” is by Gertrude Stein. |
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Dedicatee(s) Xenia (on caption title of 2nd movement) |
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Publication Peters Edition EP 6786 |
