Musical notation book, 1958.

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Musical notation book, 1958.

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Spiral-bound notebook or sketchbook with musical notations by Cage. The first section contains Cage's handwritten copy of the "secondo" part of David Tudor's two-piano realization of Cage's "Music for piano" nos. 4, 37, 13, 75, 84, 71, 9, 38, 40, 42, used for the Merce Cunningham dance "Suite for five in space and time." In the margins are penciled timings by Tudor. The second section consists of Cage's three versions of Christian Wolff's "Duo for pianists I," performed by Cage and Tudor (see accn. no. 940073, box 10, folder 6 for Tudor's three versions). Also included is a list of works and timings which correspond to the program of the two-piano recital given by Cage and Tudor in Darmstadt, 1958, and miscellaneous notations, memoranda and charts.

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Cage, John.

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Wolff, Christian, 1934-....

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Tudor, David, 1926-1996

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