Third Construction
by John Cage
Percussion Quartet20th CenturyPercussion Ensemble~14 minprofessional
Composed in 1941 for percussion quartet, Third Construction employs an enormous variety of instruments — tin cans, ratchets, conch shell, lion's roar, claves, and more — arranged in a complex rhythmic structure Cage called the 'square-root' form. A landmark of the American percussion repertoire, it demonstrates Cage's systematic approach to rhythm and timbre before his turn toward indeterminacy.
Editions
C. F. Peters
John Cage, 1960
The authoritative Peters edition; includes the full score and all four parts.
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C. F. Peters
James Pritchett, 2002
Revised edition with corrected notation and expanded performance notes.
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