Music for Piano and Percussion

Album by John Cage & Giancarlo Simonacci & Ars ludi

Music for Piano and Percussion is a composition by American composer John Cage, written in 1958. The work uses prepared piano and an expanded percussion ensemble, employs unconventional notation and focuses on timbre and rhythm, and it came during Cage's late 1950s experiments with percussion and indeterminacy.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 1
    1:28
  2. 2.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 2
    4:09
  3. 3.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 3
    2:06
  4. 4.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 4
    2:36
  5. 5.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 5
    2:19
  6. 6.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 6
    3:10
  7. 7.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 7
    3:47
  8. 8.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 8
    3:40
  9. 9.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 9
    3:47
  10. 10.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 10
    2:59
  11. 11.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 11
    2:28
  12. 12.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 12
    2:45
  13. 13.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 13
    1:32
  14. 14.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 14
    6:51
  15. 15.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 15
    2:55
  16. 16.
    Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three: Dance No. 16
    4:53
  17. 17.
    Credo in US
    12:29

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    First Construction (in Metal)
    10:45
  2. 3.
    Trio
    3:50
  3. 4.
    Double Music
    7:09
  4. 5.
    Third Construction
    12:23
  5. 6.
    Fads and Fancies in the Academy: I. Axioms: a. The pupil is eager to learn
    2:53
  6. 7.
    Fads and Fancies in the Academy: I. Axioms: b. The pupil is constitutionally lazy
    2:12
  7. 8.
    Fads and Fancies in the Academy: I. Axioms: c. We deal with the total child
    2:24
  8. 9.
    Fads and Fancies in the Academy: II. A Short Historical Sketch: a. Reactionaries
    1:45
  9. 10.
    Fads and Fancies in the Academy: II. A Short Historical Sketch: b. Revolutionaries - Pitched Battle
    1:50
  10. 11.
    Fads and Fancies in the Academy: III. Vistas of the Future: a. Pessimist
    2:11
  11. 12.
    Fads and Fancies in the Academy: III. Vistas of the Future: b. Optimist
    3:35

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