Imaginary Landscape No. 1
- Imaginary Landscape No. 1
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 is a composition by the American composer John Cage. Written in 1939 at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington, the work is the first in Cage’s series of five Imaginary Landscape pieces.[ [http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/imaginary-landscape-1/ John Cage Imaginary Landscape No. 1] Media Art Net (Retrieve December 14, 2007)] ]Scored for four performers who play a muted piano and cymbal as well as two variable-speed phonographs with amplifiers, Imaginary Landscape No. 1 is important for being one of the first examples of electro-acoustic music.[ [http://www.johncage.info/workscage/landscape1.html Imaginary Landscape No.1] John Cage database (Retrieve December 14, 2007)] [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/imaginary-landscapes-1-5-for-percussion-or-electronics?cat=entertainment Imaginary Landscapes 1-5, for percussion or electronics] Answers.com (Retrieve December 14, 2007)] ]The work was premiered on March 24, 1939 at Cornish College by John Cage, Xenia Cage, Doris Dennison, and Margaret Jansen.
ee also
*Imaginary Landscape
*List of compositions by John Cage
References
External links
* [http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/imaginary-landscape-1/audio/1/ Recording of Imaginary Landscape No. 1] at Media Art Net
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVN_mxVntXk Imaginary Landscape No. 1] on YouTube
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