Cage: One7 - Four6

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In the last six years of his life John Cage composed his so-called “Number Pieces”. All of these works are given titles made up of numbers, each depending on the number of performe rs or of the various parts. If there are several compositions with the same number of performers, the numbers of the titles are also given superscripts. For example, “One7” is the seventh piece in a series of compositions for one musician. Cage’s notation of all his number pieces is based on fixed and flexible “time brackets”. The fixed time brackets show exactly when a musician should begin a pitch or tonal event and when it should come to an end. With the flexible brackets, it is left to the interpreter to decide within a predetermined time frame when an instrument enters and when it falls silent. Show more