Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano - John Tilbury
Cage used to write percussion music, but that involved taking lots of people round with lots of equipment and big venues for them all to fit in. So he got the idea to create a one-man percussion ensemble by modifying a piano, putting nuts and bolts and things in between the strings to make interesting sounds.
John Tilbury is probably the top man for prepared piano, using it exclusively (I think) in his time with AMM.
The Amazon link has 19 one minute clips so that gives a pretty good idea of what the music sounds like.
It's nice.
Cage used to write percussion music, but that involved taking lots of people round with lots of equipment and big venues for them all to fit in. So he got the idea to create a one-man percussion ensemble by modifying a piano, putting nuts and bolts and things in between the strings to make interesting sounds.
John Tilbury is probably the top man for prepared piano, using it exclusively (I think) in his time with AMM.
The Amazon link has 19 one minute clips so that gives a pretty good idea of what the music sounds like.
It's nice.