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The name says it all: One Page Pieces are compositions of just one page. Sometimes, they express a simple musical idea, sometimes they turn out to be complex structures with copious directions for the performer. Alvin Curran and James Tenney were the first composers to work in this genre in the 1960s. It wasn't long before their clever sketches also inspired others - including Christian Wolff, Larry Polansky, Joel Ford and Earl Brown. A new American music style was born. As One Page Pieces can be humorous, conceptual, politically engaged or folksy, they demand a strong empathy from their performers.