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    • John Cage

    • Imaginary Landscape No.1 (1936)

    • Henmar Press, Inc. (World)
    • 2 variable speed phono turntables, frequency recordings, muted piano, cymbals
    • 6 min

    Programme Note

    Along with Respighi's Pini di Roma (1924), which uses pre-recorded bird sounds, this is one of the earliest electro-acoustic works ever composed. Cage calls for a muted piano, large Chinese cymbal, and 2 variable-speed turntables. On the first of the turntables, a Victor frequency record (84522B) and a constant note record (nr.24) are played; on the second, another Victor frequency record (84522A). This work was premiered in a program together with Cage’s Marriage at the Eiffel Tower.