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John Cage
In The Name of the Holocaust
Album: Daughters of the Lonesome Isle
Genres: Alternative,Electronic
A startling, unadorned work for the prepared piano, written early in the ground-breaking composer's career, and given an expert performance by pianist Margaret Leng Tan.

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	The first segment of a piece Cage wrote in 1942 for his own instrument, the prepared piano, this sparse, striking work encapsulates the desolation and horror of its title. With its gamelan-like tones, the prepared piano suggests a time lapse, as though there were two instruments trying to play in synch but never quite attaining harmony. A longtime friend of Cage's, pianist Margaret Leng Tan was the first person to record In the Name of the Holocaust, and remains one of the premier interpreters of his keyboard compositions. In this quiet, compelling recording, she reinforces Cage's belief in the power of simplicity.

	*Jackie McCarthy*
	Jackie McCarthy is the former music editor of Seattle Weekly, and writes about music and other topics for CMJ New Music Monthly, Seattle Weekly, and Resonance on paper, and CDNow and Wall of Sound on the web.

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