User:Inge Hoonte/Machine Part No.6
John Cage: "I have nothing to say / and I am saying it / and that is poetry / as I needed it"
Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951)
12 radios, 24 performers, conductor
Two performers are stationed at each radio, one for dialing the radio-stations, the second performer controlling amplitude and timbre. Durations are written in conventional notation, using notes, placed on a five-line staff. The rhythmic structure of the work is 2-1-3 and is expressed in changing tempi. Cage uses proportional notation where ½ inch equals a quarter note. The notation is not entirely proportional though, since accelerandos and ritardandos are still present in the score. The score gives notations for tuning (controlled by player 1) as well as volume and tone color (controlled by the second player).
Photography: John Cage