{"product_id":"cage-the-seasons-version-for-orchestra-peters","title":"Cage: The Seasons (Version for Orchestra)","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: John Cage (1912-1992)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Full Score\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"edition-instrumentation\"\u003eOrchestra\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Seasons (Version for Orchestra) (1947)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790300740065\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 80\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis work was originally used as music for the choreographed piece of the same title by Merce Cunningham, with stage design by Isamu Noguchi. It is also available in its original version for solo piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Seasons\u003c\/em\u003e consists of nine movements. It's a sweet and lyric composition, and like \u003cem\u003eSonatas and Interludes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eString Quartet in Four Parts\u003c\/em\u003e , indicative of Cage's interest in Indian aesthetics. Here, Cage uses the Indian signification as deep inspiration: \u003cem\u003eWinter\u003c\/em\u003e as quiescence, \u003cem\u003eSpring\u003c\/em\u003e as creation, \u003cem\u003eSummer\u003c\/em\u003e as preservation, and \u003cem\u003eFall\u003c\/em\u003e as destruction. It is one of the compositions in which Cage tries to \"imitate nature in her manner of operation\", an idea he also drew from Indian philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work's overall rhythmic structure is 2-2-1-3-2-4-1-3-1, which also expresses the relative lengths of each of the work's nine movements. Cage first composed the piano version, then the orchestral version, with assistance with its orchestration from Lou Harrison and Virgil Thomson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edition Peters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42659361980551,"sku":"EP6744","price":131.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/8635\/5591\/files\/56df2ae0f7a307af7ffaa07a6c72e811_06f25a2c-6d94-4087-b0e6-977942f1b54a.jpg?v=1769271563","url":"https:\/\/www.editionpeterspublications.us\/ja\/products\/cage-the-seasons-version-for-orchestra-peters","provider":"Edition Peters Publications","version":"1.0","type":"link"}