John Cage

Indeterminacy

For speaker, with or without accompaniment. This is part of a project to create performance works from Cage's text pieces.
John Cage worked with words as well as sounds and music, and this latest publication from C.F. Peters is part of a project to turn more of Cage's text pieces into performance editions. It is printed in agreement with Wesleyan University Press and the John Cage Trust.
This giftable boxed set includes a detailed booklet with performance instructions (pacing, tone, selection, accompaniment), the history of and a bibliography about the work, a list of the variant texts used by Cage in his printed and spoken versions, plus a 5-page index which lists references and topics covered in the stories.
The 'score' for this work consists of ninety numbered stories, each printed on its own individual 5'x7' card. Cage selected these stories, in this order, for his 1959 Folkways recording (available as a reissue from Smithsonian Folkways). A performer may choose a smaller number of stories and/or in a different order.
Cage performed this work both with and without accompaniment, so the performer can choose either way; if accompaniment is used, it should not be synchronized (that is, loud sounds may occasionally drown out the reading). The 'score' for this work consists of ninety numbered stories, each printed on a separate card. Each story has a duration of about 60 seconds. The glossy, heavy-weight 5'x7' cards are packaged in a box with a booklet.