Cage & Hiller: HPSCHD / Johnston: String Quartet no. 2

Album by John Cage & Lejaren Hiller & Ben Johnston

Cage & Hiller: HPSCHD / Johnston: String Quartet no. 2 is a collaborative album featuring John Cage's experimental work "HPSCHD," created with Lejaren Hiller, and Ben Johnston's "String Quartet No. 2." The album explores avant-garde and electronic music themes, showcasing Cage's innovative use of harpsichord and computer-generated sounds alongside Johnston's microtonal string compositions.
First released: 1969

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    HPSCHD
    21:00
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 2: I. Light and Quick: With Grace and Humor
    2:44
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 2: II. Intimate, Spacious
    5:21
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 2: III. Extremely Minute and Intense; Not Fast – Quick, Mercurial – Very Fast, With Suppressed Excitement – Quick – Extremely Minute
    6:40

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