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Work Title The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs |
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Date Composed n 1942. Premiered in New York, May 5, 1942. |
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Ensemble Type Duo |
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Work Length 2 minutes |
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Instrumentation For voice and closed piano. |
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Comments This work uses a text drawn from Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, which Cage found profoundly inspiring. The voice uses only 3 pitches, and vocal production is to be without vibrato, as in folksong. The piano is closed, and the pianist taps on the instrument’s body with fingers or knuckles. |
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Dedicatee(s) Janet Fairbank |
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Publication Peters Edition EP 6297 |
