Name: Double Music by John Cage and Lou Harrison - Pocket Score
Brand: Edition Peters
SKU: EP6296P
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Double Music by John Cage and Lou Harrison – Pocket Score

Double Music was composed in collaboration by both John Cage & Lou Harrison, independantly from each other. Cage, parts 1 & 3, Harrison, 2 & 4... Read More

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Pocket Score

Double Music was composed in collaboration by both John Cage & Lou Harrison, independantly from each other. Cage composed parts 1 and 3 (soprano and tenor), Harrison parts 2 and 4 (alto and bass). Dynamics are scarcely indicated, but the instrumentation is specific, although substitutions are allowed. They basically agreed on composing 200 measures. Cage’s parts have a rhythmic structure of 14 times 14 measures (plus a coda of 4 measures), using the number series 4,3,2,5. The instruments used are bells, brakedrums, sistra, gongs, tam-tams and thundersheet. There is no progress from soft to loud in the work, it is just a continuous festive whole.

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Instrumentation

Player 1 - 6 Graduated Water Buffalo Bells, 6 Graduated Muted Brake Drums

Player 2 - 2 Sistra, 6 Graduated Sleigh Bells, 6 Brake Drums, Thundersheet

Player 3 - Graduated Japanese Temple Gongs, Tm Tam, 6 Graduated Cowbells

Player 4 - 6 Muted Chinese Gongs, Tam Tam (slightly lower in pitch than player 3), Water Gong (12"-16", Chinese Gong, raised or lowered into tub of water during production of tone)