▁dance ▁by ▁Mer ce ▁C unning ham , ▁and ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Val erie ▁B ett is . ▁Origin ally ▁titled ▁Med itation . ▁Only ▁eight ▁notes ▁are ▁prepared , ▁mostly ▁with ▁weather ▁stri ppings . ▁R ough ly ▁two ▁third s ▁of ▁the ▁piece ▁are ▁written ▁down ▁on ▁a ▁single ▁staff ; ▁the ▁mel od ic ▁line ▁which ▁makes ▁up ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁piece ▁uses ▁just ▁five ▁t ones , ▁all ▁prepared ▁with ▁weather ▁stri ppings . ▁The ▁two ▁heavily ▁prepared ▁notes ▁are ▁only ▁used ▁for ▁a ▁tr ill ▁at ▁the ▁very ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁work . ▁ ▁A ▁Valent ine ▁Out ▁of ▁Season ▁A ▁suite ▁of ▁three ▁pieces , ▁composed ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁Ch ore ograph ed ▁by ▁Mer ce ▁C unning ham ▁ ▁as ▁E ff us ions ▁avant ▁l ' heure ▁/ ▁Games ▁/ ▁T rio . ▁The ▁title ▁references ▁C age ' s ▁separation ▁from ▁his ▁wife ▁X enia , ▁which ▁happened ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 . ▁ ▁P rel ude ▁for ▁Med itation ▁Com posed ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁A ▁very ▁short ▁work ▁that ▁only ▁uses ▁four ▁t ones . ▁ ▁Root ▁of ▁an ▁Un focus ▁ ▁Com posed ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁for ▁a ▁dance ▁by ▁Mer ce ▁C unning ham . ▁A ▁work ▁in ▁three ▁sections : ▁Section ▁ 1 ▁contains ▁seven ▁parts , ▁seven ▁bars ▁each ; ▁Section ▁ 2 ▁ju xt ap oses ▁bars ▁in ▁ 4 / 4 ▁and ▁ 3 /