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Work Title Bird Cage |
Date Composed in 1972. |
Ensemble Type Solo |
Work Length |
Instrumentation For twelve pre-recorded tapes to be distributed by a single performer in a space in which people are free to move and birds to fly. |
Comments As Cage described this work: “Twelve tapes to be distributed by a single performer in a space in which people are free to move and birds to fly.” The duration, arrangement, and modulation of the tapes comprising this work were ascertained by means of I-Ching chance operations. Included in the score are instructions for four, six, and eight channels. At the very end is also a reproduction of Cage’s National Audubon Society membership card, with an expiration date of 2/73. |
Publication Peters Edition EP 6810 |