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Composition no. 76, for three musicians (1977)

Title

Composition no. 76, for three musicians (1977) / Anthony Braxton.

Author

Braxton, Anthony

Publication

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Notated music	Use in library	JMF 23-202	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

Description

1 score (27 unnumbered leaves); 28 cm +

Uniform Title

Compositions, no. 76

Alternative Title

Subject

Genre/Form

Note

Cover title.
Booklet includes the original liner notes from the Arista 1978 recording, For trio, (pages 1-4).
Performance notes and explanation of symbols are included on (pages 5-10; [1-2]).
"Three-dimensional notation"--Inside cover.
Notation employs nine different colors, plus black, to provide emotional stimulus for interpretation.
"Composition no. 76 is dedicated to my friend Nantambu Mwanga."--Page 6 of booklet.
"Composition No. 76 is an extended structure for three multi-instrumentalists that was composed in 1977. This is a sound forum structural environment that defines a fresh basis for creative interaction and focus." "...is a network of expanded material options that can be put into any order. The actual notated music (that forms the material of the work) is written as an independent page component that can be intermixed into any desired sequence." "Participation in this work involves functioning as an instrumentalist, vocalist, actor and 'presence.'"--Page 5 of booklet.

Call Number

JMF 23-202

OCLC

1350282034

Author

Braxton, Anthony, composer.

Title

Composition no. 76, for three musicians (1977) / Anthony Braxton.

Publisher

[Brooklyn, New York] : The Tri-Centric Foundation, 2020.

Copyright Date

Edition

2nd edition.

Type of Content

notated music

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Chronological Term

1971-1980

Research Call Number

JMF 23-202