Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce
2. Marchetti, Walter
3. Hidalgo, Juan
4. Lancaster, Mark

Description

1. 1 ms. score (2 p.); 22 x 29 cm.

Subject

1. Cage, John > Manuscripts
2. Ballets
3. Aleatory music

Call number

1. JPB 95-3 Folder 673

Note

1. Typescript with holograph emendations in ink.
2. 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).
3. Based on a mesostic on the name Erik Satie, labeled mesostinatostic.
4. 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.
5. Dedication, p. 1: for Walter Marchetti, 5/6/78 Milan. P. 2: for Juan Hidalgo, 5/7/78.
6. At bottom of each page: c1979 by Henmar Press.
7. John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.

Author

1. Cage, John.

Title

1. Letter to Erik Satie / John Cage.

Imprint

1. 1978, c1979

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce.
2. Marchetti, Walter.
3. Hidalgo, Juan.
4. Lancaster, Mark.
5. Cunningham, Merce. Tango.

Research call number

1. JPB 95-3 Folder 673 Public service copy
2. JPB 94-24 Folder 577 Originals -- Permission required