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The 25-year retrospective concert of the music of John Cage

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The 25-year retrospective concert of the music of John Cage
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The 25-year retrospective concert of the music of John Cage
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Recorded at Town Hall, New York City, May 15, 1958
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Edition John CageMusic of our century
Table Of Contents
Disc 1. Six short inventions for seven instruments : (1934) (violin, 2 violas, violoncello, alto flute, trumpet, clarinet) -- First construction in metal : (1939) (Manhattan Percussion Ensemble) -- Imaginary landscape no. 1 : (1939) : a recording of constant and variable frequency records, cymbal and piano -- The wonderful widow of eighteen springs : (1942) / text adapted from Finnegans wake (Arline Carmen, contralto ; John Cage, piano) -- She is asleep : (1943). Quartet for twelve tom toms (4 members of Manhattan Percussion Ensemble) ; Duo (Arline Carmen, contralto ; John Cage, piano)Disc 2. Sonatas and interludes : [selections] (1946-48). Sonatas I-IV, First interlude, Sonatas V-VIII, Second interlude (Maro Ajemian, piano)Disc 3. Music for carillon no. 1 : (1952) (David Tudor, electronic carillon) -- Williams mix : (1952) (4 stereophonic magnetic tape playbacks, 8 loudspeakers) -- Concerto for piano and orchestra : (1957-58) (David Tudor, piano ; orchestra conducted by Merce Cunningham)
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Twenty-five-year retrospective concert of the music of John Cage
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