The score for Water Walk includes a list of properties (instruments), a floor plan with the placement of each item, a detailed timeline with pictures and descriptions, and a list of notes. With a mixture of humor and extreme care, Cage probes the relationships among music, sound, and noise, as well as what constitutes a musician, and why.
Elevator Music 49: John Cage—Water Walk presents an audio recording of Cage’s Water Walk by percussionist and scholar Katelyn Rose King, from 2016, as well as a copy of the score.