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Ichiyanagi, Toshi : In Memory of John Cage

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Music ID : 4075
Composition Year:1992 
First Publisher:Schott
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:character pieces
Total Playing Time:3 min 00 sec
Additional Notes:出版:ショット・ミュージック

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Author : Sudoh, Eiko

Last Updated: April 24, 2018
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

In Memory of John Cage is a piano piece composed in 1993 by Toshi Ichiyanagi in tribute to John Cage, the artist of the century who profoundly influenced him. It was premiered by the composer himself the following year at the 'John Cage Memorial Concert' held in Tokyo.

Profound silence, tremolos inserted throughout, and melodic figures express deep sentiments for Cage. At the end of the piece, using the internal playing technique devised by Cage, the strings C-A-G-E are faintly sounded, tracing the letters of his name. The sound fades into a long resonance, and the piece concludes.

Writer: Sudoh, Eiko
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