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Cage does not specify instrument for this work. Instrument selection is left open to percussion instruments of skin, wood or muted metal.
Number of Players: 5
Difficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:
Player I: Soprano Saxophone
Player II: Alto Saxophone
Player III: 4 percussion instruments of skin, wood or muted metal
Player IV: 3 percussion instruments of skin, wood or muted metal
Player V: 5 percussion instruments of skin, wood or muted metal
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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