A Flower
A Flower is a song for voice and closed piano by John Cage. It was composed in 1950, for a choreography by Louise Lippold, wife of sculptor Richard Lippold. There is no text; the singer vocalises a small number of phonemes such as "uh", "wah", etc., without vibrato. Instructions given in the score include, for some passages, "like a pigeon" and "like a wild duck". The entire vocal line is constructed of just four pitches, except for a single bar near the end where a fifth pitch is used. The pianist plays by hitting the piano lid in various ways - with his fingers, with his knuckles, etc. The composition is somewhat similar to the earlier work for voice and closed piano, The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs.
Editions
- Edition Peters 6711. (c) 1960 by Henmar Press.
See also
- List of compositions by John Cage
- Nowth upon Nacht
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- Constructions (1939–41)
- Imaginary Landscapes
- No. 1
- No. 2
- No. 3
- No. 4
- No. 5 (1939–52)
- Music for an Aquatic Ballet (1938)
- Living Room Music (1940)
- Sonatas and Interludes (1946–48)
- String Quartet in Four Parts (1950)
- Music of Changes (1951)
- 4′33″ (1952)
- 27' 10.554" (1956)
- Variations (1958–67)
- Cheap Imitation (1969)
- HPSCHD (1969)
- Song Books (1970)
- Etudes Australes (1974–75)
- Apartment House 1776 (1976)
- Etudes Boreales (1978)
- Freeman Etudes (1977–90)
- Roaratorio (1979)
- As Slow as Possible (1985/1987)
- But What About the Noise ... (1986)
- Europeras (1987–91)
- Number Pieces (1987–92)
- Silence (1961)
- A Year from Monday (1968)
- Notations (1969)
- M (1973)
- Empty Words (1979)
- X (1983)
- Crete Cage (mother)
- Xenia Cage (wife)
- Indeterminacy in music
- West Coast School
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts
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