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Work Title
Solo for Voice 2
Date
Composed in 1960. Premiered in Lennox, Mass., August 12, 1960.
Ensemble Type
Solo
Instrumentation
For solo voice (any range).
Comments
This work can be performed alone or with Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra (EP 6705a-n), Fontana Mix (EP 6712), or Cartridge Music (EP 6703). This is a composition indeterminate of its performance. Some of the material consists of transparencies, which, by superimposing, singers (or a single singer) create(s) a program of the desired time-length. The work may be performed as a solo or with one or more parts from the Concert for Piano and Orchestra, with Fontana Mix, Cartridge Music, or Song Books. The material of Solo for Voice 2 was also used for the composition of Solo for Voice 45 from Song Books.
Publication
Peters Edition EP 6751
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