File:Cage-widow-excerpt.ogg

Summary

• Composer: John Cage (1912-1992)
• Performer(s): Arline Carmen (voice) John Cage (closed piano)
• Recorded May 15, 1958 at Town Hall, New York City
• Track 4 of CD1 of "The 25-Year Retrospective Concert of the Music of John Cage", released on Wergo, http://www.wergo.de, 1992, catalogue number WER 6247-2. Previously released on vinyl: 1958, Avakian KO8P 1493-1498 / KO8Y 1499-1504
• Title of excerpt: The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs
• Encoding: 15 seconds, OGG Vorbis quality setting 1 (low).

Licensing

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This is a sound sample from a commercial recording. Its inclusion here is claimed as fair use because:

• it illustrates an educational article, John Cage, which includes a description and analysis of the piece in question;
• it is a sample of about 15 seconds, less than 10% from a much longer recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording; and
• it is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.

I believe that this use of the excerpt is in good faith, and that its inclusion enhances rather than reduces the commercial value of the recording from which it was drawn; however, if the owner of the copyright wishes to challenge my use, I will be happy to remove it promptly, with apology.