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Ten pieces of different lengths having ten flexible time brackets to be played without accompaniment, or with amplified conch shells containing water and tipped so as to produce audible bubbles. The shells are numbered by the player. He tries to obtain the number of bubbles given by the superscript within the time period give. If one is not forthcoming he remains in silence. Either three parts of One9 with or without Two3 may be played with 108. If more than one of these ten pieces is played, two chronometers will be needed by each player.
Number of Players: 1-?
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:
Player I: Sho and five conch shells
John Cage was born on September 5, 1912 in Los Angeles, California and died in New York City on August 12, 1992. He studied liberal arts at Pomona College. Among his composition teachers were Henry Cowell and Arnold Schoenberg. Cage was elected to the American National Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and received innumerable awards and honors both in the United States and in Europe.
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