Two Pieces for Piano (1946)

This is work is available in the C.F. Peters compilation, "Piano Works 1935-48" (catalog number noted). The rhythmic structure of these two pieces is 3-5-2 for No. 1 (written in ten sections of ten measures each) and 2 1/2 –3 1/2 –1 1/2 –2 1/2 for No. 2. Each employs a gamut technique, as applied to harmonies, which Cage later used in the composition of his The Seasons. The two pieces are sketches for parts of this composition. The first piece contains most of the music, to be incorporated into the first Prelude of The Seasons, while the second piece contains material for Winter and the 4th Prelude.