Cage, 33 1/3 (1969) [Pet:EP68309]

33 1/3 (1969).
Cage, John.

John Cage.
For: 8-12 turntables, amps, pairs of speakers;300 33 1/3rpm phonograph records.

8-12 turntables, amplifiers, pairs of speakers, and at least 300 randomly selected 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records.
The principal event of John Cage's residency at the University of California at Davis was the premiere of 33 1/3 on November 21, 1969, as part of Mewantemooseicday, a day-long series of performances, film showings, and readings. Cage comments on 33 1/3 as follows: "In 1969 at the University of California, Davis, I arranged an event called 33 1/3 which consisted of an auditorium with eight sound systems, the sound sources being recordings played on playbacks. Each playback had a technical assistant who did not himself play the records but who was available in case a member of the 'audience' had difficulty in doing so. For the 'audience' was the performers. Without them nothing was heard." Reporting the event John Dinwiddie stated that 12 phonographs and 300 LPs were available to anyone who wished to use them in a large open space. He observed that "Cage made no overt choices in his three hundred records. He simply called a local record store and asked the manager to sell him three hundred records, to include a wide range of music chosen at the manager's discretion." The work is indeterminate in length, but the original event was scheduled for 4 hours.
Composed 1969.

Contemporary Medium Ensemble.

Contemporary Large Ensemble/Orchestra.

Format: Sheet Music.
Published by Peters.
Pet:EP68309.
Distributed by Edition Peters.
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