Quartets I-VIII for 24 instruments /

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Author / Creator:Cage, John, composer.
Uniform title:Quartets, orchestra
Edition:Score.
Imprint:New York : Henmar Press Inc. ; Frankfurt/M. : Edition Peters, [2012?]
©1978
Description:1 score (54 pages) ; 43 cm
Language:No linguistic content
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Format: Music score Print
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9052643
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Other authors / contributors:Sadowski, Paul, editor.
Notes:The 24 instruments are: flute, 2 oboes, clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 5 violins I, 4 violins II, 3 violas, 3 violoncellos, double bass.
Includes composer's note in English.
Chance composition.
Score and parts prepared by Paul Sadowski.
"The quartets are subtractions: I from Lift up your heads, o ye gates (Jacob French) ; II from The Lord descended ; III from Old North (both by William Billings) ; IV from New York (Andrew Law) ; V from Heath ; VI from Judea (both by William Billings) ; VII from Greenwich (Andrew Law) ; VIII from The Lord is ris'n (William Billings)"--Preface.
Duration: approximately 40 min.
Staff notation.
Publisher's no.:66686 Edition Peters