Prepared Piano Music, Volume 2 - 1940-47
by John Cage
Piano - Sheet Music

Solo prepared piano - Difficulty: medium

SKU: PE.EP67886B

2. Composed by John Cage. Piano (Solo). Edition Peters. 20th Century. Collection. With tables of preparations and introductory text (does not include words to the songs). Composed 1940-47. 78 pages. Edition Peters #98-EP67886B. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP67886B).

ISBN 9790300747538. 9x12 inches. English.

One of John Cage's most striking musical inventions was the 'prepared piano' which he created in 1938 in order to place an entire percussion section in the hands of a single pianist. First used to accompany dancers, Cage composed several works using the prepared piano in which nuts, bolts and other items are placed on the piano's strings to alter the timbre. This second volume of Cage's Prepared Piano Music contains music written between 1940 and 1947. Contents:

• Root of an Unfocus Prelude for Meditation
• The Unavailable Memory of
• A Valentine Out of Season
• Spontaneous Earth
• Mysterious Adventure
• Daughters of the Lonesome Isle
• Music for Marcel Duchamp