Triple-Paced (First Version)

Composed in 1943. Premiered in New York, April 5, 1944. This work was originally used as music for the choreographed piece by Merce Cunningham of the same title. This is Cage’s first version of Triple paced. A second version for prepared piano was composed one year later. Merce Cunningham used the second version as music for his dance. Published by Edition Peters in in "Works for Piano, Prepared Piano and Toy Piano, Volume 4: 1933-1952".

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John Cage - Complete Piano Music Vol. 1 The Prepared Piano 1940-1952 Steffen Schleiermacher, piano. (MDG) Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm