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Table of Contents:

• Litany for the whale : voice 3 and 4
• Aria no. 2 : for voice 7 and electronics
• Five : voices 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
• The wonderful widow of eighteen springs : voice 7 and closed piano
• Solo for voice 22 : from Songbooks, voices 1 and 7 and electronics
• Experiences no. 2 : voice 1
• 36 Mesostics re and not re Marchel Duchamp : voices 6 and 7 and electronics
• Aria : voices 1 through 7 and electronics
• The year begins to be ripe : voice 7 and close piano.

Author/Creator:

Cage, John , composer

Contributors:

Hillier, Paul , conductor

Riley, Terry, 1935- , singer

Theatre of Voices , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Sung primarily in English; the 2nd and 8th works have macaronic texts.

Main Work:

Vocal music [of Cage, J.] (Selections)

Included Works:

Litany for the whale [by Cage, J.]

Aria [by Cage, J.]

Five [by Cage, J.]

Experiences, no. 2 [by Cage, J.]

Wonderful widow of eighteen springs [by Cage, J.]

Solos, voice [by Cage, J.] > No. 52

Song books [by Cage, J.] > Solo, no. 22

Solos, voice [by Cage, J.] > No. 91

Solos, voice [by Cage, J.] > No. 49

Other Related Resources:

Source record: Litany for the whale [by Cage, J.] (Los Angeles, Calif. : Harmonia Mundi France, Production USA, ℗2002 — LCCN 2004575489; OCLC Number 50592951)

Subjects:

Vocal duets, Unaccompanied

Vocal ensembles, Unaccompanied

Vocal ensembles with electronics

Vocal duets with electronics

Songs, Unaccompanied

Songs with electronics

Performers:

Theatre of Voices ; Paul Hillier, director ; with Terry Riley, voice.

Performance Medium:

1 performer: voice

General Notes:

For 1-7 voices, in part with accompaniment.
Recorded 1995 April 25-28 Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)
no. 2
no. 52
no. 22
no. 91
no. 49

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: USHM19718701
International Standard Recording Code: USHM19718702
International Standard Recording Code: USHM19718703
International Standard Recording Code: USHM19718704
International Standard Recording Code: USHM19718705
International Standard Recording Code: USHM19718706
International Standard Recording Code: USHM19718707
International Standard Recording Code: USHM19718708
International Standard Recording Code: USHM19718709
Publisher Number, Harmonia Mundi: HMU907279DI

OCLC Numbers:

1043837470