Song Books: Instructions
- Type:
- partituur
- Titel:
- Song Books: Instructions
- Jaar:
- 1970
- Onderwerp:
- 20th Century (1901-2000)
Song
Electronic music
Music theater
Avant-garde
USA - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- New York Edition Peters 1970
- Plaatsnummer:
- ORPH.SCO S CAGE (Orpheus Instituut)
- Paginering:
- [13] pages 10 loose sheets
- Nota:
- Song Books (Solos for Voice 3–92) is a collection of short works by John Cage, composed and compiled by the composer in 1970. It contains pieces of four kinds: songs, songs with electronics, directions for a theatrical performance, and directions for a theatrical performance with electronics.
Song Books was published by in 1970 as three volumes: volume one contained Solos for Voice 3–58, volume two contained Solos for Voice 59–92, and the third volume, titled "Instructions", contains various tables and other materials necessary for performance of some of the pieces. The work explores a very wide variety of notation systems. Some Solos are given in standard notation, others employ a special brand of notation with circles of different sizes and lines instead of notes, still others are systems of dots and lines, etc. Some are not notated at all: the text is given using different fonts and font sizes for different words, or sometimes changing in mid-sentence. Certain Solos consist only of instructions to the performer, ie. what he or she should do and how, although these instructions may be rather free. - Permalink:
- https://www.cageweb.be/catalog/orp01:000019005