Credo In US

Instruments include gongs, tin cans, tom-toms, electric buzzer, piano and radio/phonograph. If the latter, Cage suggested discs by Beethoven, Dvorak, Sibelius or Shostakovitch. He noted that if a radio is used, the player should "avoid news programs during national or international emergencies." Written in 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Credo In US is rather explicitly a wartime piece, and as David Revill points out, "the US in 'Credo' concerns not just the first person plural, but also the United States." [sleeve text above edited for clarity] With William Winant, Ward Spangler, Daniel Kennedy, Julie Steinberg, Steed Cowart, John Cage. Originally written for Merce Cunningham. The recording date is unknown.