Cage-Child of Tree
Cage-Child of Tree
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Cage-Child of Tree

Steve Weiss Music SKU: P66685
2 reviews
Price:
$22.95
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Description

Being on a tour in Arizona with the Cunningham Dance Company in 1975, one of dancers (Charles Moulton) brought a dried cactus to Cage, placed it near his ear and plucked the spines of it. This inspired Cage to use cacti as musical instruments in pieces like Child of Tree and Branches.

Number of Players: 1
Difficulty: Grade 6
Instrumentation: Plant Materials

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.

Product Info

SKU P66685
UPC 9790300728452
Weight 0.2 lb

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Customer Reviews

Cage at his

Rating
Posted by
Wayne J oberfeitinger
Date Posted
07/15/2025

If you understand Cage's musical philosophy or are a fan of radical Avant Garde music you will enjoy preparing and performing this work. If not then don't purchase. Typical of Cage, these are his instructions on what to use as "instruments" and how to go about realizing a performance. There is no "traditional" music manuscript here. For enthusiasts, part of the challenge/fun is deciphering Cage's handwritten instructions.

Terrible piece to purchase

Rating
Posted by
Wil Richmond
Date Posted
04/25/2022

I cannot believe they are selling this piece. It's ok to not have a written score, but I am at a loss as to why they think an illegible "hand-written" set of papers would suffice as a road map to learn the piece. Also, I get that Cage must have written these instructions, and this document might be his original "manuscript", however, one cannot simply understand the writing/instructions. If you do, then more power to you. Lastly, Weiss needs to put a description that there is NO written manuscript for this piece. You will simply receive illegible writing on a piece of paper. Good luck!