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HPSCHD

composition for harpsichord and computer-generated sounds by John Cage and Lejaren Hiller, written between 1967 and 1969, premiered on May 16, 1969, at the Experimental Music Studios at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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HPSCHD

Summary

HPSCHD is a musical work/composition[1]. HPSCHD ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • HPSCHD's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • HPSCHD's composer is recorded as John Cage[4].
  • harpsichord is named after HPSCHD[5].
  • HPSCHD was published on January 1, 1967[6].
  • HPSCHD's instrumentation is recorded as harpsichord[7].
  • HPSCHD's instrumentation is recorded as computer[8].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • MusicBrainz ID: 83d7b69d-69c3-477d-9e22-cac4c44c9159[9]

Body

Publication

HPSCHD was released on January 1, 1967[6].

Why It Matters

HPSCHD ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

John Cage

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [9] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). HPSCHD. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hpschd
MLA “HPSCHD.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hpschd.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hpschd_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{HPSCHD}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hpschd}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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