As Samuel was the protection of IHurt Radio.

As 815 approached, the audience filed under their seats and began to settle for the performance.

Designed for chamber music, the Maverick Concert Hall was built in 1916 and is still in use

today in Woodstock, New York, framed in by trees and set amongst the Catskill Mountains.

The audience nearer the stage sat inside the barn-like building.

The other half sat out on benches under the stars.

As part of the 1952 summer series,

this Friday night benefit concert

featured works by a cavalcade of avant-garde composers,

some just getting their start.

It began with a piece by John Cage,

which would later be titled Water Music,

then 18-year-old Christian Wolf's Four Piano,

Morton Feldman's extensions number three.

The premier sonata in two parts by Pierre Boulez.

Five intermissions by Morton Feldman.

For prepared piano by Christian Wolf.

And before the night wrapped up with The Banshee by Henry Cowell,

there was to be one more piece, a new piece, written by Cage and debuted tonight.

Virtuoso performer David Tudor took the stage.

Tudor sat down at the piano, placed the score in the stand, took out a stopwatch,

and closed the lid over the keys. He started the stopwatch. 30 seconds later, he opened the lid, then closed

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