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Suite for Toy Piano (1948) John Cage, for toy piano Seventy Nine Years (in memorium JC) (1993) Steve Nelson-Raney, for piano (dedicated to ellsworth snyder) Piano / Prepared Piano / Toy Piano Concert: Music By John Cage & Others takes place on Friday, September 28th 7 p.m. at the Florentine Opera Studio 926 E. Burleigh Street. For prepared piano. (Prepared Piano)P6778-6781 to be used in whole or part to provide a solo or ensemble for any combination of pianists,string players and percussionists; pre-recorded tape may be used to assist in t. This page lists all recordings of Suite for Toy Piano by John Cage (1912-92). Showing 1 - 10 of 11 results. Add download to basket. View full details.
According to the NY Times, Wendy Mae Chambers “is possibly the world’s foremost virtuoso of the toy piano”. She began playing the toy piano in 1978 when she performed the “real” piano, as well as the toy piano, in George Crumb’s “Ancient Voices of Children”. She composed her own “Suite for Toy Piano” in 1983 to enable her to perform in venues which did not have a piano. In 1990 she gave her official NYC debut recital at the Knitting Factory. She has commissioned numerous composers from NYC and New Orleans to create pieces for her. She performs the first toy piano piece ever written (1948), “Suite for Toy Piano”, by John Cage.
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As a toy pianist, she has appeared on National Public Radio, New Sounds on WNYC radio, BBC-TV, Nickelodeon’s Nick News, New Jersey Talking-Channel 12 TV, WWL-TV in New Orleans, and CNN. Her appearances in NYC have included a benefit at the Guggenheim Museum where her performance was covered in the NY TIMES society page, the NY Historical Society, clubs and art galleries! She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and a TOY PIANO CONVENTION in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She has made numerous performances in New Orleans including radio performances on WTUL, WWNO and WWOZ. Her New Orleans debut was in 1996.Download Suite For Toy Piano John Cage 1
Ms. Chambers is the official endorser of Schoenhut Toy Pianos.
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| Work Title Suite for Toy Piano | |||
| Date Composed in 1948. Premiered in Black Mountain, N.C., August 20, 1948. |
| Ensemble Type Solo |
| Work Length 8 minutes |
| Instrumentation This work may also be performed on a traditional piano. An orchestral version, in an arrangement by Lou Harrison, is also available: 3333 3440 T, Perc, Vc, Pf. Hp, Str (EP 6758a). |
| Comments This work was originally used as music for the choreographed piece by Merce Cunningham, 'A Diversion.' This suite is in 5 short, numbered movements, and obviously employs a very limited gamut of tones: the nine white keys from E below middle C to the F above. Those for Movements I and V are limited to five tones: G to D. Only in movements III and IV do all nine tones appear. The rhythmic structure is 7-7-6-6-4. This suite is one of Cage's most charming and whimsical compositions. It is humorous and somewhat ironic, giving exaggerated dynamics that can't be fully realized on a toy piano, i.e. from sffz to ppp. In 1963, Lou Harrison made an arrangement of this work for orchestra (3333 4330 timpani, percussion, piano, celesta, harp, strings), which was subsequently published by C.F. Peters (nr.6758a). |
| Arranger Lou Harrison |
| Publication Peters Edition EP 6758 |