Cheap Imitation
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Cheap Imitation is a 1969 solo piano piece by John Cage that reimagines Erik Satie’s Socrate through Cage’s chance-based compositional methods.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
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solo piano piece ⓘ |
| basedOn | Socrate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Erik Satie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToStyle |
avant-garde classical music
ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ |
| composer | John Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionalApproach |
chance-based recomposition
ⓘ
indeterminacy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDuration | about 30 minutes ⓘ |
| hasDedication | unspecified ⓘ |
| hasForm | through-composed ⓘ |
| hasKey | indeterminate ⓘ |
| hasMovementCount | multiple sections ⓘ |
| hasNoText | true ⓘ |
| hasPremiereType | concert performance ⓘ |
| hasPublisher | C. F. Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRightsHolder | John Cage estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTempo | variable ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| influenced | later Cage piano compositions ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Erik Satie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| intendedPerformanceForces | single pianist ⓘ |
| isInCatalogueOf | John Cage works catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfText | none ⓘ |
| melodicMaterialDerivedFrom | Socrate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
application of chance operations to a pre-existing work
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reinterpretation of Erik Satie’s Socrate ⓘ |
| originalMedium | piano ⓘ |
| partOfComposerOeuvre | John Cage piano works ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| reimagines | Socrate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedComposer |
Erik Satie
NERFINISHED
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John Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Socrate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reworks | Socrate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structureDerivedFrom | Socrate ⓘ |
| usesCompositionalMethod |
I Ching–based procedures
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chance operations ⓘ |
| usesNotation | conventional staff notation ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1969 ⓘ |
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