John Adams Book Of Alleged Dances. He attached screws, bolts, rubber erasers, weather stripping, and other material to the strings of the piano. Notes on performance and cd technical information are included.
John's book of alleged dances. In the original version of alleged dances the prepeared piano sounds were organized as loops installed in an onstage sampler, and one of the quartet players triggered them on cue with a foot pedal. In his beautifully written liner notes for the album, adams claims that he uses the term alleged, because the steps for them have yet to be invented. nevertheless, we can hear snatches of dances:
Released 17 april 1998 on nonesuch (catalog no.
Dances may be performed in any order, and may be excerpted. The alleged dances were the next pieces written after the violin concerto, a complex work that took a full year to compose. John's book of alleged dances, for string quartet~stubble crotchet. He attached screws, bolts, rubber erasers, weather stripping, and other material to the strings of the piano.