John Cage: Percussion

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Release Date: 29th Apr 2013
Catalogue No: STR33941
Label: Stradivarius
Length: 73 minutes

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Cage: 27' 10.554" for a percussionist

Work length27:12

Album only

Simone Mancuso

Cage: Ryoanji, for oboe solo and percussion obbligato

Work length16:54

$4.00

$5.15

Timothy McAllister, Simone Mancuso

Cage: Composed Improvisation for snare drum alone

Work length8:07

$2.00

$2.60

Simone Mancuso

Cage: Variations VIII

Work length15:14

$4.00

$5.15

Douglas Nottingham, Simone Mancuso

Cage: One4, for solo drummer

Work length6:31

$1.00

$1.30

Simone Mancuso

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John Cage (1912-1992) has emerged as one of the most visionary and influential American composers of the 20th century. Exploring a multitude of new sound sources and novel ways to organise sound, Cage distinguishes himself as the most important pioneer of percussion music and of works for the prepared piano. He also attained fame for championing the use of silence, chance and indeterminacy in compositional and other artistic contexts.

Cage’s aesthetics were influenced by Eastern cultures, including Zen Buddhism, the I Ching, and Japanese art, which Cage began to delve into in the late 1940s and 1950s, and by nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau and ecology, which he focused on from the 1970s. In celebration of Cage’s centenary, this CD gathers five of his important works, '27’ 10.554’’', 'Variations VIII' (in a world-premiere recording), 'Ryoanji', 'Composed Improvisation' and 'One4', which feature silence, chance and indeterminacy and reflect his interest in Asia and nature.

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