Album US 1996 on Mode label
Spoken Word and Classical (Radioplay, Post-Modern)
Packaged in a slipcase including disc in jewel case and 54-page booklet with liner notes and libretto in English, German and French. The City Wears A Slouch Hat (1942) for actors and "sound orchestra", A radio play by Kenneth Patchen Fads And Fancies In The Academy (1940) a dance for piano & percussion ensemble A Chant With Claps, for chanter and hand-claps Recorded at: SUNY/Purchase, Purchase, New York on January 16-18, 1994. Actors and sound effects recorded and mixed at Harvestworks, New York City, January 7-8, 1995. The Lost Works contains the first commercial recording of one of John Cage's historically important and enigmatic works--The City Wears a Slouch Hat from 1942. The Lost Works is completed with first recordings of two other unpublished Cage scores from the 1940s, one considered lost, the other completely unknown. ℗ © 1996 mode records. Made & Printed in USA
John Cage voc, 1912-1992 US album by | |
Charles Wood perc, US directed by, handclaps, liner notes, orchestra, sound, producer, associates, tom tom, handclaps, whistling, vocals, piano, string, percussion, washtub, vocals | |
John Kennedy perc, s-g, cwb, wb, US directed by, liner notes, orchestra, sound, producer, associates, snare, handclaps, whistling, vocals, vocals, chant | |
David Avidor , engineer, mixed by, edited by, digital, vocals | |
Rafael Mostel liner notes, vocals | |
Kurt Michaelis , liner notes, german translation | |
Eric Kivnick dr, orchestra, sound, performer, alarm bell, vocals | |
Judith Gordon p, orchestra, sound, piano, handclaps | |
Maya Gunji cym, cwb, US orchestra, sound, performer, waste basket | |
Essential Music , US performer | |
Brian Brandt , performer, metronome, producer, art direction, vocals | |
Alice Hom vocals | |
Don Gillespie , vocals | |
Jerome Kitzke p, voc, *1955 US vocals | |
Joy Cutler vocals | |
Louis Meader vocals | |
Melissa Gardner vocals | |
Paul Schmidt voc, vocals | |
Rozella Floranz vocals |
James Pritchett liner notes |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | The City Wears A Slouch Hat | John Cage | ||
2 | Introduction | John Cage | 0:32 | |
3 | Opening Stroll [Rehearsal #1] | John Cage | 2:00 | |
4 | Holdup [Rehearsal #4] | John Cage | 2:04 | |
5 | Nightclub [Rehearsal #7] | John Cage | 1:05 | |
6 | Passersby [Rehearsal #8] | John Cage | 1:40 | |
7 | Along The River [Rehearsal #10] | John Cage | 3:36 | |
8 | Phone Call [Rehearsal #11] | John Cage | 0:50 | |
9 | Streetfight [Rehearsal #12] | John Cage | 1:42 | |
10 | Up In The Sky [Rehearsal #14] | John Cage | 4:42 | |
11 | Woman In The Rain [Rehearsal #15] | John Cage | 1:49 | |
12 | Kidnapping [Rehearsal #16] | John Cage | 0:47 | |
13 | Mirthogram [Rehearsal #17] | John Cage | 1:01 | |
14 | Street Poetry [Rehearsal #18] | John Cage | 3:39 | |
15 | Off In The Ocean [Rehearsal #20] | John Cage | 14:03 | |
16 | Fads And Fancies In The Academy | John Cage | ||
17 | I. Axioms | John Cage | ||
18 | a) The Pupil Is Eager To Learn | John Cage | 3:11 | |
19 | b) The Pupil Is Constitutionally Lazy | John Cage | 2:21 | |
20 | c) We Deal With The Total Child | John Cage | 2:46 | |
21 | II. A Short Historical Sketch | John Cage | ||
22 | a) Reactionaries | John Cage | 1:51 | |
23 | b) Revolutionaries - Pitched Battle | John Cage | 1:44 | |
24 | III. Vistas Of The Future | John Cage | ||
25 | a) Pessimist | John Cage | 2:08 | |
26 | b) Optimist | John Cage | 3:25 | |
27 | A Chant With Claps | John Cage | ||
28 | A Chant With Claps | John Cage | 1:00 |