Among the short pieces written for it are Shimmera, Totem Ancestor, and the Prelude for Meditation.
Among the short pieces written for it are Shimmera, Totem Ancestor, and the Prelude for Meditation. This instrument was also the subject of a set of sixteen Sonatas and Interludes, the fourteenth and fifteenth of which are paired together under the name "Gemini." It was created to accompany Sylvilla Fort's African-themed Bachannale dance, with its primary composer building off an experiment by his teacher Henry Cowell and inserting screws, nuts, and bolts between the strings of a standard instrument to give it an addition percussive effect. FTP, name this modified piano developed by John Cage.
Among the short pieces written for it are Shimmera, Totem Ancestor, and the Prelude for Meditation.
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