Today we are featuring a very special score from the Herklotz stacks: John Cage prepared piano sonatas. (pictured is the score for the first sonata) in the middle of the twentieth century, John Cage was responsible for several stunning innovations. His concept of indeterminitism reframed the compositional process forever, and successfully introduced his interest in Zen into the classical music lexicon. This particular score features another one of Cage's innovations: the prepared piano. This work is written for a piano with specific objects wedged between and through the strings. the effect is that some keys remain tonal, and some produce varying percussive sounds. These works are very ethereal, and they make an even more satisfying listen when following the score. So come on down and take a look at a very important document in 20th century artistic thought!
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