Indeterminacy

by John Cage

Indeterminacy cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1959
  • Label: Folkways
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:30:20
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Cage reads ninety short stories, each timed to last exactly one minute, while David Tudor simultaneously performs realizations of 'Solo for Piano' and 'Fontana Mix' that were prepared independently of the narration. The two layers were never rehearsed together, so every alignment between text and music on the record is a product of chance.

Genres

Descriptors: spoken-word, experimental, avant-garde, conceptual, piano

Tracklist

  1. Indeterminacy: New Aspect Of Form In Instrumental And Electronic Music (23:06)
  2. Indeterminacy: New Aspect Of Form In Instrumental And Electronic Music (23:03)
  3. Indeterminacy: New Aspect Of Form In Instrumental And Electronic Music (22:14)
  4. Indeterminacy: New Aspect Of Form In Instrumental And Electronic Music (21:57)

Credits

  • David Tudor - primary artist, music by
  • Carol Hardy - design
  • Richard Kostelanetz - liner notes [new introduction]
  • David Gahr - photography by
  • Moses Asch - producer
  • Mel Kaiser - recorded by

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