Prepared piano
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A prepared piano is a piano that has had its sounds temporarily altered by placing bolts, screws, mutes, rubber erasers, and/or other objects on or between the strings. Its invention is usually traced
Andrea Neumann's preparations, where pieces of cutlery are placed between piano strings
John Cage
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John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, artist, and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the
Prepared piano
…temporarily altered by placing bolts, screws, mutes, rubber erasers, and/or other objects on or between the strings. Its invention is usually traced to John Cage, who used the technique in his dance music for Bacchanale (1940), created for a performance in a Seattle venue that lacked sufficient space for a…
Cage in 1988
Cage studied with composer Arnold Schoenberg from 1933 to 1935.
Composer Morton Feldman in 1976