Sonatas and Interludes
Sonatas and Interludes is a cycle of twenty pieces for prepared piano by American avant-garde composer John Cage. It was composed in 1946–48, shortly after Cage’s introduction to Indian philosophy and the teachings of art historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. The aim of the pieces is to express the eight permanent emotions of the rasa Indian tradition. Cage dedicated the work...
