{"product_id":"764593014423","title":"Arditti Quartet - J.Cage: Cheap Imitation, Apartment House 1776-Harmonies - Import 2 CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArditti Quartet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArditti Quartet \/ Cage: 44 Harmonies\n\n\"44 Harmonies\" is a selection from *ApartmentHouse1776*, which premiered in New York in 1976 as part of the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the Boston International Society for Contemporary Music. *Apartment House 1776*, which features four vocalists accompanied by instrumentalists and drums and incorporates a diverse range of stylistic elements, includes a section called “Harmony” based primarily on early American music; it is this section that is performed on this CD.\nWhile there have been previous instances where this “Harmony” section was presented on its own, this time the Arditti Quartet has arranged all 44 pieces of “Harmony” for string quartet.\n“Cheap Imitation” is a piano piece written in 1969 for the dancer Merce Cunningham. Originally intended to be a straightforward arrangement of Satie’s *Socrates*, Cage was unable to obtain permission from the copyright holder; as a result, he reworked the piece using elaborate techniques such as computer-generated transformations, making it one of Cage’s representative works.\nHere, it is performed by a solo violin.\nThe liner notes were written by Cage scholar James Pritchett, and the album also includes an essay by Arditti himself.\n\n・Cage\n① 44 Harmonies from Apartment House 1776 (1976)\n② Cheap Imitation (1977)\n\nArditti String Quartet ①\nIrvin Arditti (vn) ②\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mode","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53595680375073,"sku":"764593014423","price":5990.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/764593014423.jpg?v=1790482261","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/products\/764593014423","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}