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Work Title Credo in US |
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Date Composed in 1942. Premiered in Bennington, Vt., August 1, 1942. |
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Ensemble Type Quartet |
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Work Length 12 minutes |
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Instrumentation For percussion quartet (including piano and radio or phonograph). |
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Comments This work was originally used as music for the eponymous choreographed piece by Merce Cunningham and Jean Erdman, following the phraseology of the dance. It is the first instance wherein Cage uses records or radios, and also incorporates music of other composers (he suggests Dvorak, Beethoven, Sibelius, or Shostakovich). He described the work as a suite with a satirical character. Erdman recalls that for the first performance, a 'tack-piano' was used (a piano with thumbtacks inserted into the felt of the hammers). The pianist mutes the strings at times or plays the piano body (as a percussionist). |
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Publication Peters Edition EP 6795 (score) EP 6795 (set of parts) |
