The Four Note Opera - Johnson, Tom (New York Associated Music Publisher, 1973)
Inspired by Luigi Pirandello’s meta-theatre, composer Tom Johnson wrote a piece for a group of singers who have only four notes at their disposal (A, B, D and E) and couldn’t sing about anything other than the opera they are now performing in. Of course, such is an impossible situation: the opera ends in utter rigidity.
Keywords: 20th Century (1901-2000); Opera