File:Cage-sonata15-ajemian.ogg

• Composer: John Cage (1912–1992)
• Performer(s): Maro Ajemian
• Recorded in 1950 at WOR Studios, New York City, by Douglas Hawkins, engineer, and Ross Russell, producer.
• Track 18 of "John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano". Originally released on Dial Records, 19/1951, also released on CRI SD 199, 1965. él records ACMEM88CD
• Title of excerpt: First bars of Sonata XV
• Encoding: 12 seconds (less than 10% of the track), OGG Vorbis quality setting 1 (low).

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