John Cage: Piano Works Vol. 3, 1935 – 38.

Description

Writings about John Cage and pianos usually favour his landmark invention of the prepared piano – that radical alternation of the instrument with nuts, bolts, and screws placed in and around its strings that forever changed his persona and potential – and his “magnum opus” composed especially for it, the Sonatas and Interludes, completed in 1948. The present volume, however, comprised of pieces predating this monumental work, expands our understanding to include just how sensitive Cage actually was to the piano as it had been handed down.

Contents:

1. Quest.
2. Two Pieces (1935).
3. Metamorphosis.
4. A Room.
5. Ophelia.
6. Two Pieces (1946).
7. In a Landscape.
8. Dream.