ThreeJS: Play KeyFrameTracks of different animations - animation

I have two cubes and one KeyFrameTrack per cube (with different changing time and position data for each cube). I would like to display the KeyFrameTracks with following code:
// mesh of cube one
mixer = new THREE.AnimationMixer( mesh );
// cube two
mixer1 = new THREE.AnimationMixer( mesh1 );
var clipAction = mixer.clipAction( clip );
var clipAction1 = mixer1.clipAction( clip1 );
clipAction.play();
clipAction1.play();
However, only the first „clip“ gets played. How can I play both clips at the same time?
Thank you.

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