So Percussion performs John Cage's "Third Construction"
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Uploaded by vicfirthdrumsticks on Mar 5, 2011
Construction is the title of several pieces by American composer John Cage, all scored for unorthodox percussion instruments. The pieces were composed in 1939--42 while Cage was working at the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, Washington and touring the West Coast with a percussion ensemble he and Lou Harrison had founded. The series comprises three Constructions.
Third Construction
Composed in 1941 and dedicated to Xenia Kashevaroff-Cage, to whom Cage was then married and who played in his percussion orchestra. Third Construction is scored for four percussionists. There are 24 sections of 24 bars each, and the rhythmic structure is rotated between the players: 8, 2, 4, 5, 3, 2 for the fourth, 2, 8, 2, 4, 5, 3 for the first, etc.
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Memorized! Nice work, gentlemen.
stravinskyrocks 3 weeks ago
i believe where i slept on the floor would be approximately below jason's china cymbal :)
drummerinlinetube 3 months ago