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American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912–1992) began composing pieces for solo prepared piano around 1938–40. The majority of early works for this instrument were created to accompany dances by Cage's various collaborators, most frequently Merce Cunningham.
A prepared piano is a piano that has had its sounds temporarily altered by placing bolts, screws, mutes, rubber erasers, and/or other objects on or between the strings. Its invention is usually traced to John Cage 's dance music for Bacchanale (1940), created for a performance in a Seattle venue that lacked sufficient space for a percussion ...
Aug 31, 2012 · Sonata V by John Cage for Prepared Piano, from Sonatas and Interludes, performed by Inara Ferreira.
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Learn how Cage invented and developed the prepared piano, a musical instrument with objects inserted between the strings to create complex timbres. Explore his works for dance and concert, from 1940 to 1952, with examples and analysis.
Learn about the history and technique of prepared piano, an experimental method of altering the sound of the instrument with screws, bolts and other items. Discover how composers like Cage, Moran and Hauschka use prepared piano to create unique and diverse sounds.
Feb 7, 2019 · PREPARED PIANO 101. Thank you for supporting me on Patreon! / nahresol Recently I fell in love with John Cage’s prepared piano techniques. Here is a video about my introduction to...
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Sonatas and Interludes is a cycle of twenty pieces for prepared piano by American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912–1992). It was composed in 1946–48, shortly after Cage's introduction to Indian philosophy and the teachings of art historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, both of which became major influences on the composer's later work.
