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- John Cage
Amores (1943)
(for prepared piano)- Henmar Press, Inc. (World)
Two Solos for Prepared Piano, with Two Trios for Percussion
Programme Note
Movements I and IV of this composition were used as music for the eponymous choreographed piece by Merce Cunningham, which premiered in the summer of 1949. The work consists of 4 parts:
- Solo (prepared piano)
- Trio (9 tom-toms, pod rattle)
- Trio (7 woodblocks, not Chinese)
- Solo (prepared piano)
The preparations comprise 9 screws, 8 bolts, 2 nuts, and 3 strips of rubber. The piano part expresses eroticism and tranquility, based on the permanent emotions in Indian tradition. The rhythmic structure of Solo No. 2 is 3, 3, 2, 2 and of Trio 1 10 x 10. Trio No. 2 was written in Santa Monica, California, as part of Cage’s Trio (1936).