ohn Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano [1/5]

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John Cage (1912-1992)
Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano (1946-48)

Boris Berman, piano

Sonata I 0:32
Sonata II 3:42
Sonata III 6:15
Sonata IV 8:42
First Interlude 10:48

Sonata V
Sonata VI
Sonata VII
Sonata VIII
Second Interlude

Third Interlude
Sonata IX
Sonata X
Sonata XI

Sonata XII
Fourth Interlude
Sonata XIII

Sonata XIV and XV "Gemini" (after Richard Lippold)
Sonata XVI

The American composer John Cage had a seminal influence on the American avant garde and on music throughout the world. His interests in Zen Buddhism, the I Ching and in Hinduism were reflected in his innovative and experimental music in which he extended the musical vocabulary to include elements of noise and chance.
"Sonatas and Interludes", written between 1946 and 1948, is a set of pieces for prepared piano, an instrument into which objects have been inserted - screws, bolts, plastic and rubber, to give various percussive effects. The work reflects Cages approach to the use of unusual sounds and his interest in Hinduism, with its distinction between 'white' and 'black' emotions, set around central tranquillity.

Painting: "Delaware Gap" (1958) by Franz Kline