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Work Title Sixteen Dances |
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Alt. Title 16 Dances |
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Date Composed between 1950 and 1951. Premiered in New York, January 21, 1951. |
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Ensemble Type Chamber Ensemble |
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Work Length 53 minutes |
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Instrumentation For flute, trumpet, 4 percussion, piano, viloin, and cello. |
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Comments This work was originally used as music for the choreographed piece by Merce Cunningham, "Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three." Sources: Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; Richard Kostelanetz: John Cage writer - previously uncollected pieces; David Revill: The Roaring Silence; New York Public Library online catalog; Paul van Emmerik: A Cage Compendium; C.F.Peters Catalog; David Vaughan: Merce Cunningham - Fifty Years |
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Dedicatee(s) Merce Cunningham |
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Publication Peters Edition EP 6792A |
