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clarinet, piano, narration by players
Alternate Title
READING SESSION
Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
8
Movements
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Files & Media
Audio
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Sample Pages
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Description
Composed for Barney Childs and Phillip Rehfeldt
First Perfomance
University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 1983.
Recording
Capstone Records, CPS-8609, Society of Composers, Inc. 'Potpourri'
Text Language - Non English
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Text Source/Author
The poem “Opening the Cage,” by Edwin Morgan, is based on a quote taken from John Cage. Cage said, “I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry.”
Cage’s quote contains fourteen words which can be rearranged to create new combinations.
Cage’s quote contains fourteen words which can be rearranged to create new combinations.
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Ensemble Type
Instrumentalist(s) speak or perform text
duo inst or voices
Genre/Theme
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Instrument
clarinet
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piano
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