Sixteen Dances

Album by John Cage & New Music Concerts Ensemble & Paul Zukofsky

This release presents John Cage's Sixteen Dances, a composition written for Merce Cunningham that organises its sections around the “permanent emotions” of Indian aesthetics. It belongs to avant‑garde contemporary classical music and was conceived for modern dance performance.
First released: 1984

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Sixteen Dances: Anger
    1:39
  2. 2.
    Sixteen Dances: Interlude
    4:46
  3. 3.
    Sixteen Dances: Humor
    2:14
  4. 4.
    Sixteen Dances: Interlude
    2:48
  5. 5.
    Sixteen Dances: Sorrow
    2:27
  6. 6.
    Sixteen Dances: Interlude
    2:27
  7. 7.
    Sixteen Dances: The Heroic
    3:02
  8. 8.
    Sixteen Dances: Interlude
    3:33
  9. 9.
    Sixteen Dances: The Odious
    3:09
  10. 10.
    Sixteen Dances: Interlude
    2:21
  11. 11.
    Sixteen Dances: The Wonderous
    2:39
  12. 12.
    Sixteen Dances: Interlude
    2:14
  13. 13.
    Sixteen Dances: Fear
    1:38
  14. 14.
    Sixteen Dances: Interlude
    6:23
  15. 15.
    Sixteen Dances: The Erotic
    4:47
  16. 16.
    Sixteen Dances: Tranquility
    5:45

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