'Back from Weather Which Had Been Reached to Object': John Cage's Number Pieces Two (1987) and Four² (1990).
This essay focuses on two selected Number Pieces--Two (1987) for flute and piano, the first work of the series, and Four² (1990) for mixed chorus. Closely examining the two main musical concerns of Cage's last creative phase-- his changed view of harmony and the specific nature of the time brackets-...
| Published in: | Contemporary Music Review Vol. 33; no. 5/6; pp. 597 - 616 |
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