John Cage (1912-1992) Henry Cowell (1897-1965) Lou Harrison (1917-2003) Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)

Party Pieces (1945)

Sonorous and Exquisite Corpses for any melodic or keyboard instrument

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1945
    • Duration : 12 mn
    • Editor : Peters, nº EP 66500, 1982

Creation information

  • Date : August 1982
    Location :

    États-Unis, Californie, Cabrillo Music Festival in Aptos, dans l'instrumentation de Hughes.


Observations

En 1982 Robert Hughes fait une instrumentation de ces pièces, pour flûte (aussi piccolo), clarinette, cor, basson et piano.

Table of contents

  • Vivace (Cage-Harrison)
  • Adagio (Thomson-Cage-Harrison)
  • Grazioso (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)
  • Allegretto (Thomson-Cage-Harrison)
  • Slowly, yet flowing (Thomson-Cage-Harrison)
  • Flowing-broad (Thomson-Cage-Harrison)
  • Allegro (Cage-Harrison)
  • Majestic-broad (Thomson-Cage-Harrison)
  • Vivo (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)
  • Flowing-rubato (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)
  • Waltz tempo (Thomson-Cage-Harrison)
  • Flowing (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)
  • Allegro (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)
  • A slow, walking tempo (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)
  • Maestoso, ma teneramente (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)
  • Allegro preciso (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)
  • March tempo (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)
  • Pastoral-softly-legato (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)
  • A slow 2-walking tempo (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)
  • Allegro (Cowell-Cage-Harrison)