Cage-Imaginary Landscape #2 (P)

The rhythmic structure of Imaginary Landscape No. 2 is 3, 4, 2, 3, 5. The percussion instruments used are combined with an amplified coil of wire, attached to a phonographic tone arm. At the premiere the work was titled Fourth Construction. Cage later renamed it to it's current title. This work is unrelated to Cage's earlier and withdrawn Imaginary Landscape No.2 (1940).

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.