Atlas Eclipticalis

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Atlas Eclipticalis is a large-scale orchestral composition by John Cage that employs chance operations and graphic notation to create an open, indeterminate musical structure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
orchestral composition
allows multiple realizations
performer choice
associatedMovement New York School (music) NERFINISHED
basedOn star charts
canBePerformedWith Cartridge Music NERFINISHED
Winter Music NERFINISHED
catalogueNumber Cage work list: Atlas Eclipticalis
composer John Cage NERFINISHED
composerNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre avant-garde music
experimental music
hasMusicalForm open form
hasPart independent instrumental parts
hasReception controversial premiere
inspiredBy astronomical atlas
involves unconventional orchestral performance practices
language none
notationalSystem graphic score
performanceOutcome different in each performance
performancePractice indeterminate realization
period 20th-century music
premiereConductor Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED
premiereLocation New York City NERFINISHED
premierePerformer New York Philharmonic NERFINISHED
premiereVenue Lincoln Center NERFINISHED
premiereYear 1962
publisher C.F. Peters NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByComposer Concert for Piano and Orchestra NERFINISHED
Fontana Mix NERFINISHED
Music of Changes NERFINISHED
requires individual parts for each player
requiresConductor optional
scoring large orchestra
structureType indeterminate structure
subjectMatter constellations
stars
titleLanguage Latin
typicalDuration variable
uses non-synchronized parts
usesTechnique chance operations
graphic notation
indeterminacy

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John Cage notableWork Atlas Eclipticalis