Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Margaret Leng Tan <>]

Title: Re: silence Digest Sun, 28 Feb 2016

If you are referring to the photo of Cage playing a toy grand piano, that image is actually from 1960, around the time that he wrote Music For Amplified Toy Pianos.

on 2/28/16 11:01 PM,  at  wrote:

> silence Digest Sun, 28 Feb 2016
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> 1. [silence] Re: Suite for toy piano - chris cutler <>
> 2. [silence] Re: Suite for toy piano - Thomas Gaudynski 
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> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:25:09 +0000
> From: chris cutler <>
> Subject: [silence] Re: Suite for toy piano
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> dear silence
> 
> can anyone help me to pin down the first time suite for toy piano was actually
> played on a toy piano
> and not a real one 
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> thanks
> 
> chris cutler
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> MACBA
> Barcelona
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> ccutler.com
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> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:22:04 -0600
> From: Thomas Gaudynski <>
> Subject: [silence] Re: Suite for toy piano
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> Hello Chris,
> 
>> dear silence
>> 
>> can anyone help me to pin down the first time suite for toy piano was
> actually played on a toy piano
>> and not a real one 
>> 
>> thanks
>> 
>> chris cutler
>> 
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> I believe Cage premiered the work at Black Mountain College the summer the
> Suite was written (1948). There is a photo of him playing a toy piano from 
> that
> performance on line.
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> Best regards,
> 
> Thomas Gaudynski
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