Music of Changes
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Music of Changes is a groundbreaking 1951 solo piano composition by John Cage that pioneered the use of chance operations in Western art music.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
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solo piano piece ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Cage’s work list: Music of Changes ⓘ |
| chronology |
follows Sonatas and Interludes in Cage’s piano output
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precedes 4′33″ in Cage’s oeuvre ⓘ |
| composedInCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | John Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionalMethod |
precomposed charts of musical materials
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use of random operations derived from I Ching ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateComposed | 1951 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | David Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| difficulty | virtuosic ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde music
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contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasForm | through-composed ⓘ |
| hasTitleType | descriptive title ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early landmark of chance music in Western art tradition ⓘ |
| influenced |
later indeterminate music
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postwar avant-garde composers ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | I Ching NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| key | atonal ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| movement | experimental music ⓘ |
| notableFor | systematic use of chance in composition ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 4 ⓘ |
| partOf | John Cage piano works ⓘ |
| period | post-World War II ⓘ |
| premierePerformer | David Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Edition Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
4′33″
NERFINISHED
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Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Imaginary Landscape No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
extended preparation by performer
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precise rhythmic control ⓘ |
| structure | four books ⓘ |
| style |
non-metric passages
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non-tonal ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
analyses of Cage’s chance techniques
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musicological studies on indeterminacy ⓘ |
| uses |
complex rhythmic structures
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dynamic contrasts ⓘ unconventional phrase structure ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
chance operations
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indeterminacy ⓘ |
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