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Additional authors

1. Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
2. Raimdoni, Matthew.
3. Erle, Broadus.
4. Coletta, Harold.
5. Trampler, Walter.
6. Barab, Seymour.

Description

1. 1 ms. score (a-c, 85 p.); 31 x 45 cm. and smaller.

Alternative title

1. 57 1/2" for a string player.
2. 1'5 1/2" for a string player.
3. 1'1/2" for a string player.
4. 1'18" for a string player.
5. 1'14" for a string player.

Subject

1. Cage, John > Manuscripts
2. Cello music
3. Viola music
4. Duets (Unspecified instruments (2))
5. Violin music
6. Double bass music

Call number

1. JPB 95-3 Folder 222

Note

1. Holograph, signed, in ink.
2. On page c: The present part may be played on any 4-stringed instrument or (using parts indicated by dotted lines) any combination of 2 or more.
3. Incoporates the following works: 57 1/2" for a string player (p. 34-38); 1' 5 1/2" for a string player (p. 39-43); 1' 1/2" for a string player (p. 44-48); 1' 18" for a string player (p. 49-53); 1' 14" for a string player (p. 54-58).
4. Note on page c: All of these pieces may be played alone or in combination and in whole or in part, the title to be appropriately changed to indicate time in minutes and seconds and the instrumentalists involved....The whole constitutes a fragment of an unfinished work for many activities and may be performed with any of those to be written or otherwise calculated.
5. Dedications: on page b: for Harold Coletta; on p. 38: For June; on p. 43: for Broadus Erle; on p. 48: for Matthew Raimondi; on p. 53: for Seymour Barab; on p. 58: for Walter Trampler.
6. Dates: on p. 38: May 1953; on p. 43: 6.14.53; on p. 48: 6.28.53; on p. 53: 6.29.53; on. p. 58: 6.30.53.
7. Note on page c: [Pages 1-33, 59-85] were written at Stony Point, N.Y., August-September 1955 with assistance from David Tudor which is gratefully acknowledged..
8. At bottom of t.p. and p. 1: c1960 by Henmar Press Inc.
9. Signature at bottom of p. 1-13.
10. Page 34 mis-numbered as p. 33.
11. John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.

Author

1. Cage, John.

Title

1. 26'1.1499" : for a string player / John Cage.

Imprint

1. 1953 May, c1960.

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Added author

1. Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
2. Raimdoni, Matthew.
3. Erle, Broadus.
4. Coletta, Harold.
5. Trampler, Walter.
6. Barab, Seymour.

Added title

1. 57 1/2" for a string player.
2. 1'5 1/2" for a string player.
3. 1'1/2" for a string player.
4. 1'18" for a string player.
5. 1'14" for a string player.

Research call number

1. JPB 95-3 Folder 222 Public service copy
2. JPB 94-24 Folder 955 Originals -- Permission required