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Haikai is a work by John Cage for gamelan orchestra. The haiku structure (5:7:5) is not manifested in durations, but in the numbers of events (attack points). In the performance notes Cage explains that each of the eight haikai (he names them 'bonang-jengglong-silence haikai') has seventeen events, all of them having their own lengths.
Number of Players: Ensemble
Difficulty: Grade 6
Instrumentation: Gamelan
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.
Number of Players: Ensemble
Difficulty: Grade 6
Instrumentation: Gamelan
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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