{"product_id":"petr-kotik-many-many-women-text-by-gertrude-stein-2cd","title":"Petr Kotik - Many Many Women (Text by Gertrude Stein) [2CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2 x CD\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: SR595\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 5411867115953\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 26 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany Many Women by Petr Kotík is a large-scale composition for voices and instruments from 1975-78 on the text of Gertrude Stein's novella of the same name.It was published in Paris in 1910 as part of the book G.M.P. - Gertrude, Matisse, Picasso.Voices and Instruments performed by Members of S.E.M. Ensemble and Ostravská banda In 1972, the book was published again by Dick Higgins in his publishing venture Something Else Press. Kotík used the complete text, which determined the length of the piece. Inspired by his close collaboration with the composer and singer Julius Eastman, Kotík began composing for voice in 1971. Gertrude Stein was the first author Kotík used in a series of compositions on her texts. Many Many Women is the culmination of this series. A performance of the entire composition lasts almost six hours and features 3 pairs of singers and 3 pairs of instrumentalists performing in parallel perfect intervals: fifths, fourths, and octaves. It can also be performed in a shorter version with a smaller instrumentation. Petr Kotík collaborated closely with John Cage from 1964 until 1992. This makes him the longest musical collaborator of John Cage alive today. In 2022, he received the John Cage Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, a foundation started in 1963 by John Cage and\u003cbr\u003eJasper Johns. The John Cage Award is given to leading composers, and Kotík is the first European-born artist to receive it. Only twenty other composers have received this award, among them Pauline Oliveros, Robert Ashley, Earle Brown, Christian Wolff, Takehisa Kosugi, and David Tudor. The current recording of Many Many Women features 2 sopranos; countertenor; tenor; bass-baritone; bass; 2 flutes; 2 trumpets; and 2 trombones. The poetic nature of the text evokes imagery that can lead to staging. In June 2022, the festival New Opera Days Ostrava (NODO) presented the complete (one movement, 6-hour in duration) performance of Many Many Women. Subsequently, the piece was recorded and edited down to a length of a double CD - 142 minutes of music. The liner notes were written by the Viennese composer Bernhard Lang, who has been associated with Kotík for almost twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLISTING\u003cbr\u003eCD 1\u003cbr\u003eMany Many Women part 1 71'40\u003cbr\u003eCD 2\u003cbr\u003eMany Many Women part 2 69'39\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Rosa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46927815245980,"sku":"SR595","price":17.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/PetrKotikGertrudeStein_ManyManyWomen2cdSR595.jpg?v=1779279260","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/petr-kotik-many-many-women-text-by-gertrude-stein-2cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}