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c Composed improvisation : for snare drum alone

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Notated music	Supervised use	JPB 95-3 Folder 907	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

Additional Authors

Smith, Stuart

Description

[15] ms. p.; 28 cm.

Uniform Title

c composed improvisation, snare drum (Sketches)

Alternative Title

c composed improvisation

Subject

Note

Holograph, signed, in red and black ink and typescript with holograph annotations.
Sketches for the snare drum version, together with materials related to the version for bass guitar.
"For each of the three parts...use chance operations to determine whether the snare is on or off. The drum can be given another "preparation," e.g. cloth, paper, rubber, plastic, etc., over the entire surface or over only a part of it..." -- from performance notes.
Dedication: for Stuart Smith, 6/26/87.
John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.

Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 907

OCLC

NYPG95-C1096

Author

Cage, John.

Title

c Composed improvisation : for snare drum alone / John Cage.

Imprint

1987 June 26.

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Cage, John. c composed improvisation, bass guitar.

Smith, Stuart.

Research Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 907 Public service copy

JPB 94-24 Folder 760 Originals -- Permission required