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The rhythmical structure of Imaginary Landscape No. 3 is 12 times 12 (3, 2, 4, 3). Cage employs tin cans and a muted gong, combined with electronic and mechanical devices including oscillators, variable speed turntables playing frequency recordings, a buzzer, an amplified coil of wire and a microphone amplified marimbula.
Number of Players: 6
Difficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:
Player I: Oscillator, Amplified Turntable
Player II: 5 Tin Cans
Player III: 5 Tin Cans
Player IV: Buzzer, Amplified Turntable
Player V: 2 Balinese Gongs (sub temple blocks), Amplified Turntable
Player VI: Marimbula (Bass Kalimba), Amplified Coil
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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