John Cage (1912-1992)

Quartets I-VIII (1976)

for orchestra of ninety-three performers

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1976
    • Duration: 40 mn
    • Publisher: Peters, New York, nº EP 66688, 1978
Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes, 4 oboes, 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 18 violins, 15 second violins, 12 violas, 11 cellos, 9 double basses

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