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Work Title Experiences No. 1 |
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Alt. Title Experiences I |
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Date Composed in 1945. Premiered in New York, January 9, 1945. |
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Ensemble Type Duo |
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Work Length 6 minutes |
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Instrumentation For two pianos. |
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Comments This work was originally used as music for the eponymous choreographed piece by Merce Cunningham. Its manuscript, used for publication, was written at Black Mountain College, near Asheville, North Carolina, in 1948. One page of the manuscript states "original now replaced by transparencies." Experiences No. 1 is not virtuosic music. Form and material are very simple and demonstrate the influence of the music of Erik Satie. Only the white keys of the piano are used, and the mode is Aeolian. |
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Publication Peters Edition EP 6708a |
