Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Johns, Jasper, 1930-

Description

1. 16 p. of music; 33 cm.

Subject

1. Piano music
2. Musical sketches
3. Cage, John > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
4. Ballets
5. Aleatory music

Call number

1. JPB 95-3 Folder 362

Note

1. Reproduced from holograph.
2. Duration: ca. 35:00.
3. Written to take the place of Socrate by Erik Satie as an accompaniment for the dance Second Hand by Merce Cunningham. First performed by Merce Cunningham and Company with scenery by Jasper Johns at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 9, 1970.
4. Composer's copy. Contains markings in red pencil, black and blue ink relating to the orchestral version.
5. On t.p.: Davis, Calif. - N.Y.C., December, 1969.
6. At end: 12.14.69, N.Y.C.
7. John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.

Author

1. Cage, John.

Title

1. Cheap imitation : piano solo / John Cage.

Imprint

1. New York : Henmar Press, c1970.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Cage, John. Cheap imitation, orchestra (Sketches)
2. Cunningham, Merce.
3. Johns, Jasper, 1930-
4. Cunningham, Merce. Second hand.

Research call number

1. JPB 95-3 Folder 362 Public service copy
2. JPB 94-24 Folder 306 Originals -- Permission required