Preludio a 11

"Preludio á 11" composed in 1942 for John Cage.

Unpublished

Total duration is 3:43.

Instrumentation

Player 1 - Triángulo - Triangle Player 2 - Clave - Claves Player 3 - Güiro Player 4 - Maracas Player 5 - Bongó - Bongos Player 6 - Yunque (con dos martillos) - Anvil (with two hammers) Player 7 - Tambour Africano - African Drum Player 8 - Platillo (sempre con baqueta) - Cymbal (always with stick) Player 9 - Redoblante - Snare Drum Player 10 - Bombo - Bass Drum Player 11 - Piano (x)

Performances

April 3, 2011 (Carbondale, IL)at the 5th Annual Outside the Box New Music Festival; Southern Illinois University Carbondale Percussion Group (SIUCPG), conducted by Ron Coulter. That program also included world premiers of Beyer’s PERCUSSION, Strive, Horizons, and Daniel Kessner’s A Knocktet. As well as rare performances of Colin McPhee’s Kachapi Mas, Lou Harrison’s Oriental, and Franziska Boas’ Changing Tensions.

Recordings

ORIGINS: forgotten percussion works, vol. 1 https://percussionartensemble.bandcamp.com/album/origins-forgotten-percussion-works-vol-1