John Cage (1912-1992)

The Seasons (1947)

ballet in one act, for solo piano or orchestra


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1947
    • Video, installation (detail, author): chorégraphie de Merce Cunningham.
    • Duration: 15 mn
    • Publisher: Peters, New York, nº EP 6744-6744a
    • Dedication: pour Lincoln Kirstein
Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, percussionist, harp, piano (also celesta), 8 violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 18 May 1947
    Location:

    États-Unis, New York City, Ziegfeld Theatre


    Performers:

    le ballet de Merce Cunningham, mise en scène et costumes d'Isamu Noguchi.

Table of contents

  • Prelude I
  • Winter
  • Prelude II
  • Spring
  • Prelude III
  • Summer
  • Prelude IV
  • Fall
  • Finale (Prelude I).