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Letter to Erik Satie

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Description

1 ms. score (2 p.); 28 x 38 cm.

Uniform Title

Tango (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Subjects

Note

Holograph in ink.
On p. 1: Make a loop of Erik Satie pronounced lettristically; while it is playing pronounce the ostinati (accessory ostinati) the required (1=2) number of times in so far as possi[ible] in chorus (all at once).
Contains notations possibly relating to Sound anonymously received.
Dedication, p. 1: for Walter Marchetti, 5/6/78 Milan. P. 2: for Juan Hidalgo, 5/7/78.
At bottom of each page: c1979 by Henmar Press.
Based on a mesostic on the name Erik Satie, labeled mesostinatostic.
Used for the dance Tango, choreographed and first performed by Merce Cunningham, with design and lighting by Mark Lancaster, at City Center, New York, N.Y., Oct. 5, 1978.
John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.

Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 672

OCLC

NYPG95-C732

Author

Cage, John.

Title

Letter to Erik Satie / John Cage.

Imprint

1978, c1979

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Added Author

Cunningham, Merce.

Marchetti, Walter.

Hidalgo, Juan.

Lancaster, Mark.

Added Title

Tango (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Research Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 672 Public service copy

JPB 94-24 Folder 576 Originals -- Permission required