Object Index

Science of English Verse Sidney Lanier (American, 1842–81) 1880

Risveglio di una Cittá (Awakening of a City) Luigi Russolo (Italian, 1855–1947) 1914

Hugo Ball performing Karawane at the Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich Hugo Ball (German, 1886–1927) 1916

Ursonate, in Merz 24 (Hanover, 1932) Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887–1948) 1922–32

Four “Indeterminate” Notation Systems

A Realization of Earle Brown’s December 1952 David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1950s

David Tudor as a young man at the piano 1950s

David Tudor as young man at the piano 1950s

David Tudor performing in Spain 1950s

Embryonic graph score, likely for Projection 1 Morton Feldman (American, 1926–87) early 1950s

Realization of Morton Feldman’s Intersection 2 David Tudor (American, 1926–96) early 1950s

Score for Projection 1 for solo cello Morton Feldman (American, 1926–87) 1950

Transparency sheet with graph guidelines Morton Feldman (American, 1926–87) early 1950s

Intersection 2 Morton Feldman (American, 1926–87) ca. 1951–52

Letter from John Cage to David Tudor John Cage (American, 1912–92) 1951

Score for December 1952 from Folio and 4 Systems inscribed “for David Tudor” Earle Brown (American, 1926–2002) 1952

Prefatory notes for December 1952, published in Folio and 4 Systems Earle Brown (American, 1926–2002) 1952

Animated score of David Tudor’s Intersection 3 performance 1953

David Tudor’s typescript of M. C. Richards’s English translation of Antonin Artaud’s “An Affective Athleticism” David Tudor (American, 1926–96), Antonin Artaud (French, 1896–1948) mid 1950s

Audio sampler of David Tudor’s sonorities for Intersection 3 1953

Christian Wolff, Earle Brown, John Cage, David Tudor, and Morton Feldman at the Capitol Records building in New York ca. 1953

Envelope with notes written by Morton Feldman Morton Feldman (American, 1926–87) 1953

Intersection + Morton Feldman (American, 1926–87) 1953

Intersection 3 Morton Feldman (American, 1926–87) 1953

Intersection 3 with a dedication to David Tudor Morton Feldman (American, 1926–87) 1953

Realization of Morton Feldman’s Intersection + (32nd-note Realization) David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. 1953

Realization of Morton Feldman’s Intersection + (Alternative 32nd-note Realization) David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. 1953

Realization of Morton Feldman’s Intersection + (Quarter-note Realization) David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. 1953

Realization of Morton Feldman’s Intersection + (Sketches of Clusters) David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. 1953

Realization of Morton Feldman’s Intersection + (Sketches of Numbered Boxes) David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. 1953

Realization of Morton Feldman’s Intersection 3 David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1953

Undated recording of David Tudor performing Intersection 3 David Tudor (American, 1926–96)

“‘Magnetic Music’ Not Ready,” Daily Illini Duffy Defibaugh March 1953

Program for a concert featuring David Tudor at the Festival of Contemporary Arts, University of Illinois School of Music 22 March 1953

“Cage to Perform ‘Abstract’ Music,” Daily Illini 24 March 1953

Letter from Morton Feldman to David Tudor Morton Feldman (American, 1926–87) 15 June 1953

“Concerts Are Arranged at College,” Asheville Citizen-Times 21 June 1953

“Tapesichord: The Music of Whistle and Bang,” Vogue, 78–81, 108 Peggy Glanville-Hicks July 1953

“Merce Cunningham of New York” August 1953?

“David Tudor Program Opens Sunday Afternoon Series,” Hartford Times George W. Stowe November 1953

David Tudor performing a work by John Cage in London 1954

“Concert and Recital: David Tudor, Pianist,” New York Herald Tribune L. T. 15 April 1954

“Concert and Recital: David Tudor, Pianist,” New York Herald Tribune, 22 T. M. S. 29 April 1954

“Musical Events: Old Horizons,” New Yorker, 125–33 8 May 1954

Program for Musik der Zeit, featuring David Tudor and John Cage at Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk Köln 26 November 1954

Typescript of “Biblical Poems” 1–3, enclosed with a letter to M. C. Richards Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) 1955

Program for a performance featuring David Tudor and John Cage late 1950s

Typescript of “Biblical Poems” 4–5, enclosed with a letter to M. C. Richards Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) 1955

Letter from Jackson Mac Low to M. C. Richards in Stony Point, NY Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) 1 February 1955

Envelope for a letter from Jackson Mac Low to David Tudor, John Cage, and M. C. Richards in Stony Point, NY Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) 10 February 1955

Fragment of a letter from Jackson Mac Low to David Tudor, John Cage, and M. C. Richards in Stony Point, NY Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) 10 February 1955

Letter from Jackson Mac Low to David Tudor in Stony Point, NY Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) ca. 10 February 1955

Letter from Jackson Mac Low to John Cage in Stony Point, NY Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) ca. 10 February 1955

Letter from Jackson Mac Low to M. C. Richards in Stony Point, NY Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) ca. 10 February 1955

Three-page leaflet distributed by New York Catholic Workers for their protest against mandatory participation in the city’s civil defense drill 15 June 1955

Program for a concert featuring David Tudor and John Cage at the University of British Columbia 2 December 1955

David Tudor performing John Cage’s Water Music at Darmstadt 1956

“WHRB Presents David Tudor, Pianist, & John Cage in a Program for ‘New’ Music for Piano at Harvard University” 20 April 1956

“John Cage Offers Stereophonic Concert Including Eight Radios and Four Pianos,” New York Times R. P. 31 May 1956

“New Music Concert Given at the Carl Fischer Hall,” New York Herald Tribune, 15 Jay S. Harrison 31 May 1956

Program for a concert featuring David Tudor at the Vortragssaal at the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst 30 November 1956

“Music of the Future: Science Fiction for the Piano,” The Times (London) 19 December 1956

Bassoon and baritone saxophone parts from Concert for Piano and Orchestra John Cage (American, 1912–92) 1957–58

Beba Coca Cola Décio Pignatari (Brazilian, 1927–2012) 1957

David Tudor’s copy of John Cage’s Solo for Piano, from Concert for Piano and Orchestra John Cage (American, 1912–92) 1957–58

David Tudor’s copy of the conductor’s part for Concert for Piano and Orchestra John Cage (American, 1912–92) 1957–58

Tape Score Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1957

Throat and Cough Piece Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1957–58

Trumpet part from Concert for Piano and Orchestra John Cage (American, 1912–92) 1957–58

“Recorded Speech I” for Communication Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1958

Animation of David Tudor’s realization of graph AY of the Solo for Piano John Cage (American, 1912–92), David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

Animation of David Tudor’s realization of graph CE of the Solo for Piano John Cage (American, 1912–92), David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

Animation of David Tudor’s realization of graph J of the Solo for Piano John Cage (American, 1912–92), David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

Animation of David Tudor’s realization of graph K of the Solo for Piano John Cage (American, 1912–92), David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

Animation of David Tudor’s realization of graph T of the Solo for Piano John Cage (American, 1912–92), David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

David Tudor performing John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra 1958

David Tudor preparing his second realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano 1958

Douglass College survey about the Voorhees Assembly program 1958

Final version of the second realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano for the Indeterminacy recording David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

First realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

Flipbook: David Tudor’s first realization of John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra John Cage (American, 1912–92), David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

Handwritten notes for Communication Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1958

Live performance of the first realization of John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra at Town Hall David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

Loose score sheets for Sylvano Bussotti’s Pièces de chair II Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 1958–60

Pencil draft of the second realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

Performance notes for Sylvano Bussotti’s Pièces de chair II Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 1958–59

Program for Village Vanguard performance 1958

Supplementary score pages for the first realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

Unidentified sequence sketch for the first realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1958

Letter from John Cage to David Tudor John Cage (American, 1912–92) 29 January 1958

Auxiliary sound inventory for the first realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) May 1958

David Tudor’s Sonorities for No. 1 from Sylvano Bussotti’s Five Piano Pieces for David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021), David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1959

David Tudor’s sketches for individual graphs of the first realization of Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) May 1958

Flyer for John Cage’s twenty-five-year retrospective concert at Town Hall May 1958

Grids and templates for the first realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) May 1958

Index of graphs and pages from John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) May 1958

John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and David Tudor at the Town Hall premiere of Concert for Piano and Orchestra Aram Avakian (American, 1926–87) May 1958

Map of graphs for the first realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) May 1958

Notes for tape A for the first realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) May 1958

Notes for tape B for the first realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) May 1958

Press release for John Cage’s twenty-five-year retrospective concert at Town Hall May 1958

Program for John Cage’s twenty-five-year retrospective concert at Town Hall May 1958

Realization fragment for the first realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) May 1958

Reverse sequence of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) May 1958

Unidentified sketches for the first realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) May 1958

“Cage, Composer, Shows Calligraphy of Note,” review of the Stable Gallery show, New York Times Dore Ashton 6 May 1958

“A Whistle, a ‘Slinky’ and a Bunch of Screws,” photograph by Sy Friedman, New York Times, X9 11 May 1958

Graph sequence for the Town Hall rehearsal and premiere of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 15 May 1958

Merce Cunningham conducting John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra at Town Hall 15 May 1958

“Cage’s Music Still a Phenomenon,” New York Journal-American, 12 Milew Kastendieck 16 May 1958

“John Cage Gives Review of Work,” New York World-Telegram and Sun, 25 Louis Biancolli 16 May 1958

“John Cage Retrospective Is Presented at Town Hall,” New York Herald Tribune, 12 Jay S. Harrison 16 May 1958

“Music: Experimenter: Zounds! Sound by John Cage at Town Hall,” New York Times, 20 Ross Parmenter 16 May 1958

Graph sequence for the Village Vanguard performance of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 25 May 1958

John Cage leading his experimental composition class, New School for Social Research, New York, New York summer 1958

Students in John Cage’s experimental composition class, New School for Social Research, New York, New York summer 1958

Students in John Cage’s experimental composition class, New School for Social Research, New York, New York summer 1958

Students in John Cage’s experimental composition class, New School for Social Research, New York, New York summer 1958

Students in John Cage’s experimental composition class, New School for Social Research, New York, NY summer 1958

Graph sequence for the Antic Meet performance of John Cage’s Solo for Piano at the American Dance Festival David Tudor (American, 1926–96) August 1958

Program for Antic Meet performance of John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra, Eleventh American Dance Festival, Connecticut College 14 August 1958

“Modern American Dance in Connecticut: Contrasting Styles Seen in Eleventh Annual,” Christian Science Monitor Margaret Lloyd 23 August 1958

Graph sequence for the Cologne performance of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) September 1958

Sketch of the graph sequence for the Cologne performance of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) September 1958

Program for Musik der Zeit, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, Germany 19 September 1958

“In der Werkstatt der direktiven Freiheit,” Kölnische Rundschau H. R. 21 September 1958

“Ein Ding mit Pfiff: Avantgardisten im ersten Abend ‘Musik der Zeit,’” Neue Rhein Zeitung M. F. 22 September 1958

“Im Klavierkonzert ging es absunderlich her,” Westdeutsche Rundschau Wuppertal HvL 23 September 1958

“Musik der Zeit: Demonstration neuer Kompositionstechniken,” Rheinische Post Diether de la Motte 23 September 1958

“Nicht mehr der Ton macht die Musik,” Der Mittag Herbert Schultz 23 September 1958

“Alibi für die Gestrigen,” Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger Friedrich Berger 24 September 1958

“Mäßiger Auftakt in Köln: Drei Premieren, darunter eine mit Wäscheklammern,” Neue Rhein Zeitung H. G. 25 September 1958

“Was man hörte, war verwirrend: Fragwürdiges Funk-Konzert aus Köln mit ‘Musik der Zeit,’” Die Welt Heinrich Lindlar 25 September 1958

“‘Avantgardistische Musik’ am Abgrund: Europäische Erstauffühurng von John Cage’s ‘Klavierkonzert’ in Köln,” Rhein Neckar-Azeitung Kurt Driesch 30 September 1958

“Sessions on Modern Music Held Near Darmstadt,” Musical America, 18–19, 34 H. H. Stuckenschmidt October 1958

David Tudor performing at Galerie 22 in Düsseldorf, Germany Manfred Leve (German, 1936–2012) 14 October 1958

Notebook page, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 2 (Cologne: Walther König, 1991), 35–36 George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 26 October 1958

Notebook page, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 2 (Cologne: Walther König, 1991), 64–66 George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) ca. December 1958

Piano Piece Terry Jennings (American, 1940–81) December 1958

“Der Kampf mit dem Drachen. In der Musikakademie wurde ein Klavier mit dem Stock geschlagen,” The Observer 5 December 1958

“Mozart bevorzugte für das Spiel von Hausmusik. . . ,” The Observer 15 December 1958

Announcement for the George Brecht solo exhibition toward EVENTS: an arrangement, at the Reuben Gallery, New York, NY 1959

Antonin Artaud lecture for the Living Theatre Mary Caroline Richards (American, 1916–99) 1959

David Tudor performing live Sylvano Bussotti’s Five Piano Pieces for David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021), David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. 1959

David Tudor performing No. 3 from Sylvano Bussotti’s Five Piano Pieces for David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021), David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1959

David Tudor performing Nos. 3, 2, and 5 from Sylvano Bussotti’s Five Piano Pieces for David Tudor at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021), David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1959

David Tudor’s personal copy of Sylvano Bussotti’s Five Piano Pieces for David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 1959

David Tudor’s press materials 1959?

David Tudor’s realization of No. 1 from Sylvano Bussotti’s Five Piano Pieces for David Tudor David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1959

David Tudor’s realization of No. 3 from Sylvano Bussotti’s Five Piano Pieces for David Tudor David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1959

David Tudor’s realization of No. 4 from Sylvano Bussotti’s Five Piano Pieces for David Tudor David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1959

David Tudor’s tables and sketches for his realizations of No. 4 from Sylvano Bussotti’s Five Piano Pieces for David Tudor David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1959

Drip Music (Drip Event) George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 1959–62

Envelope from Sylvano Bussotti to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 1959

Liner notes for Indeterminacy recording John Cage (American, 1912–92), Richard Kostelanetz (b. 1940) 1959; reissued 1992

Music for Piano No. 2 Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) 1959

Pages from a composition notebook labeled “Theater Pieces” Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1959

Performance note for No. 5 from Piano Pieces for David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 1959

Postcard from Sylvano Bussotti and other avant-garde composers to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 1959

Signature on score fragment to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 1959

Studio recording of the second realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano for Cage’s Indeterminacy stories David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1959

Typed instructions (in Italian and German) for Sylvano Bussotti’s Five Pieces for David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 1959

Notebook page, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 2 (Cologne: Walther König, 1991), 107 George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 21 January 1959

“David Tudor in Piano Recital,” New York Herald Tribune, 11 A. H. 20 March 1959

“‘Advanced’ Music Beeps and Plinks: Experimenters Use Bottle, Ratchets, Toy Machine Gun in Concert at ‘Y,’” review of David Tudor and the Audio-Visual Group, New York Times Harold C. Schonberg 8 April 1959

Review of a performance by David Tudor and the Audio-Visual Group, New York Herald Tribune Paul Henry Lang 8 April 1959

“Pong Bong,” review of a performance by David Tudor and the Audio-Visual Group, The Village Voice Nancy K. Siff 15 April 1959

Notebook page, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 3 (Cologne: Walther König, 1991), 24–25 George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 28 April 1959

Letter from Sylvano Bussotti to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 22 May 1959

Notebook page showing draft of Time-Table Music (1963), reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 3 (Cologne: Walther König, 1991), 105–7 George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) July 1959

Notebook page, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 3 (Cologne: Walther König, 1991), 127 George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) ca. late July 1959

“Little Thing Like Mushroom Can Change Destiny,” Oregon Journal Edward Cannel 5 July 1959

Notebook page, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 3 (Cologne: Walther König, 1991), 123 George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) ca. late July 1959

Notebook page, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 3 (Cologne: Walther König, 1991), 125 George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) ca. late July 1959

Program for Antic Meet performance of John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra, Twelfth American Dance Festival, Connecticut College 13 August 1959

Course description for a course on electronic music at the New School for Social Research, New York, NY Richard Maxfield (American, 1927–69) 7 September 1959

“The ‘Good Guys’ Versus the ‘Bad Guys’: Twelfth American Dance Festival,” Dance Magazine, 31–35, 82 Doris Hering October 1959

“John Cage: Indeterminacy,” Time, 65 2 November 1959

Letter from Sylvano Bussotti to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 2 November 1959

Musica d’Oggi, Conservatorio B. Marcello, Concerto del pianista David Tudor; Nos. 5, 2, and 3 from Sylvano Bussotti’s Piano Pieces for David Tudor 12 November 1959

“Concerto di Tudor a Venezia,” L’Unità, 4 U. D. 13 November 1959

Centro d’Arte degli Studenti dell’Università di Padova, 266 Concerto, David Tudor pianista, Sylvano Bussotti, Piano Pieces for David Tudor 14 November 1959

“Tre concerti in Italia di musiche d’avanguardia,” Giornale del Mattino, 5 Lodovico Mamprin 15 November 1959

Graph sequence for the Vienna performance of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 19 November 1959

Program for Die Reihe III [Third series], Musikalische Jugend Österreichs, Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik 19 November 1959

“Tumulte im Mozart-Saal des Konzerthauses,” Neues Österreich 21 November 1959

“Class Moving Definitions: For Yvonne Rainer” Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) ca. 1960s

Ink drawing by Sylvano Bussotti to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) early 1960s

“Situations” for 3 Pianos Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960

Signature on score fragment Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) early 1960s

Alternate two-page score for Paper Piece Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960

Envelope from Sylvano Bussotti to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) early 1960s

Ants Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960

Ink drawing by Sylvano Bussotti to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) early 1960s

Collage created from a flyer designed by Remy Charlip for recitals by David Tudor at the Living Theatre, New York, NY, plus an envelope Ray Johnson (American, 1927–95) ca. 1960

Score fragment Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) early 1960s

Duet I, with notes sent to John Cage and David Tudor Christian Wolff (American, b. 1934) 1960

Miscellaneous scores by Sylvano Bussotti sent to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) early 1960s

Handwritten score of Paper Piece in English on musical staff paper Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960

Letter from Sylvano Bussotti to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) early 1960s

Handwritten score of Paper Piece in English on paper Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960

Notes on equivalencies and objects Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) ca. early 1960s

Lecture notes on David Tudor’s performance practice as a pianist during the late 1950s and early ’60s David Tudor (American, 1926–96) early 1960s

Letter from La Monte Young to David Tudor La Monte Young (American, b. 1935) 1960–61

Letter from La Monte Young to David Tudor La Monte Young (American, b. 1935) 1960–61

Note from Alison Knowles to Emmett Williams on verso of “Wheat Hearts” cardboard label Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) ca. 1960s

Notebook page related to Watering Place Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) ca. 1960

Benjamin Patterson’s notes on philosophy and art (selections) Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960s

Pages from the score for Watering Place Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) ca. 1960

Poems Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960s

Printed score of Paper Piece in English Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960

Photostat copy of printed score of Paper Piece in German Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960

Printed score of Paper Piece in German with a handwritten note Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960

Recipe for Buttermilk David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. 1960s

Recipe for Lime Pickle David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. 1960s

Recipe for Milk au Diable David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. 1960s

Recipe for Rum Coconut David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. 1960s

String Music Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960

Typed score of Paper Piece in English Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1960

Flyer for concert by John Cage and David Tudor at the Living Theatre, New York, NY 25 January 1960

“John Cage in Story Hour for Some Friends,” New York Times Eric Salzman 26 January 1960

“Cage Without Bars,” The Reporter, 35, 37 Fred Grunfeld 4 February 1960

Letter from George Brecht to The Village Voice editor Daniel Wolf, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 4 (Cologne: Walther König, 1991), 178 George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 9 February 1960

Graph sequence for the Antic Meet performance of John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra at the Phoenix Theatre, New York David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 16 February 1960

“Cunningham Dance Group Gives Avant Garde Works,” New York Herald Tribune, 19 Walter Terry 17 February 1960

Flyer for recitals by David Tudor at the Living Theatre, New York, NY Remy Charlip (American, 1929–2012) March–April 1960

Motor Vehicle Sundown (Event), event score sent to David Tudor George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) spring/summer 1960

Music for Piano No. 3 Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) March 1960

“David Tudor Series Set,” New York Times 8 March 1960

Flyer for A Concert of New Music, Living Theatre, New York, NY, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 4 (Cologne: Walther König, 1998), 230 14 March 1960

Program for A Concert of New Music, Living Theatre, New York, NY 14 March 1960

Program for a recital by David Tudor at the Living Theatre, New York, NY 28 March 1960

“Long-Hair Critic Reviews a Glove-Wearing Pianist,” New York Herald Tribune Paul Henry Lang 29 March 1960

“Recital Is Given by David Tudor,” New York Times Eric Salzman 29 March 1960

Décollage Solo for Wolf Vostell, with a letter from Wolf Vostell Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) April 1960

X for Henry Flynt La Monte Young (American, b. 1935) April 1960

Program for a recital by David Tudor at the Living Theatre, New York, NY 4 April 1960

“War on the Keys: Above Ground Test Deactivates Piano,” New York World-Telegram and Sun Ed Wallace 5 April 1960

“What Is Offered by Electronic Age?,” New York Herald Tribune, 6 Paul Henry Lang 10 April 1960

Program for a recital by David Tudor and Toshi Ichiyanagi at the Living Theatre, New York, NY 11 April 1960

Program for A Program of Happenings ! Events ? & Situations !, Pratt Institute, New York 2 May 1960

“New School’s ‘Happenings’ Proves to be ‘Hellzapoppin’-Beatnik Style,” New York World-Telegram and The Sun, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 5 (Cologne: Walther König, 1998), 89 Diane de Bonneval 3 May 1960

Program for a concert by David Tudor and John Cage at Ann Arbor High School, Michigan, sponsored by the Dramatic Arts Center 16 May 1960

Letter from John Cage to George Brecht, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 5 (Cologne: Walther König, 1998), 114 John Cage (American, 1912–92) 27 May 1960

“The Far-Out Pianist,” Harper’s Magazine, 49–54 Harold C. Schonberg June 1960

Announcement for a David Tudor concert at Mary Bauermeister’s atelier, Cologne, Germany 15 June 1960

Benjamin Patterson, Hans G. Helms, Ursula Kagel, Khris Helms, David Tudor, and others performing George Brecht’s Card-Piece for Voice (1959) as part of the “Contre-Festival,” organized during the IGNM-Weltmusikfestes, Atelier Mary Bauermeister, Cologne, Germany Manfred Leve (German, 1936–2012) 15 June 1960

David Tudor performing with gloves as part of the “Contre-Festival,” organized during the IGNM-Weltmusikfestes, Atelier Mary Bauermeister, Cologne, Germany Manfred Leve (German, 1936–2012) 15 June 1960

Notes for a realization of Toshi Ichiyanagi’s Music for Piano No. 4 (for David Tudor) David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. late 1960

Letter from David Tudor to George Brecht, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 5 (Cologne: Walther König, 1998), 183 David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 27 July 1960

Draft program titled “The Living Theatre presents NEW MUSIC performed by the Audio Visual Group” 1 August 1960

Kaiki for Koto for John Cage Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) October 1960

“David Tudor presenta un programa de musica experimental: Jean Martinon dirige La Nacional,” 21 Enrique Franco 12 November 1960

Music for Piano No. 4 (for David Tudor) Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) December 1960

Music for Piano No. 5 (for David Tudor) Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) December 1960

Letter from Benjamin Patterson to David Tudor Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 14 December 1960

“Music to Hear—and Unhear,” Minneapolis Star John K. Sherman 1961

Artist index cards George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1961–64

Assorted text scores Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1961–62

Chart of artistic movements and media including optic, acoustic, kinetic, and semantic/symbolic arts, mailed by George Maciunas to Jackson Mac Low George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) ca. 1961–62

Concert flyer for “Mvsica Antiqva et Nova Presents Evenings at AG,” sent to David Tudor from unknown sender George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1961

Diagram of Sylvano Bussotti’s Pièces de chair II Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 1961

Duo for Voice and a String Instrument Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1961

Music for Piano No. 6 (for Terry Riley) Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) January 1961

Notebook sketches for Three Satie Spoons and Satie for Two Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) 1961–62

Notes related to Three Satie Spoons, The Bells, and Ordinary Dance Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) 1961–62

Pages from Kulchur magazine, no. 3, 1961, edited by Marc Schleifer George Brecht (American, 1926–2008)

Variations for Double-Bass Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1961, rev. 1962

Flyer for “Music by Toshi Ichiyanagi,” part of the concert series organized by La Monte Young at Yoko Ono’s studio, 112 Chambers Street, New York, NY 7–8 January 1961

Program for “Music by Toshi Ichiyanagi,” part of the concert series organized by La Monte Young at Yoko Ono’s studio, 112 Chambers Street, New York, NY 7–8 January 1961

Promotional collage of clippings and scores for a concert at the First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis, MN, printed in The Potboiler (January and February 1962) 22 January 1961

Three Chair Events, event score sent to David Tudor George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) spring 1961

Three Telephone Events, from Water Yam (1963) George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) spring 1961

“David Tudor Plays Piano at Social Research School,” review of a recital by David Tudor of works by Richard Maxfield, John Cage, Hans Otto, and Roland Kayn at the New School for Social Research, New York, NY, New York Tribune Francis D. Perkins 24 March 1961

Program for a piano recital by David Tudor at the New School for Social Research, New York, NY 24 March 1961

Letter from Jackson Mac Low to David Tudor Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) 30 March 1961

Program for a concert of “Contemporary Japanese Music & Poetry” by Toshiro Mayuzumi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and Yoko Ono, performed by Mayazumi, Ichiyanagi, Ono, John Cage, La Monte Young, Simone Forti, David Tudor, and others at the Village Gate, New York, NY 3 April 1961

“Music: Far Out Program; Contemporary Japanese Offering at the Village Gate Proves Unusual Fare,” review of a concert of “Contemporary Japanese Music & Poetry” by Toshiro Mayuzumi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and Yoko Ono, performed by Mayazumi, Ichiyanagi, Ono, John Cage, La Monte Young, Simone Forti, David Tudor, and others at the Village Gate, New York, NY, New York Times Ross Parmenter 4 April 1961

Program for Poetry, Music, and Theatre Works: Jackson Mac Low, the fifth concert in the series organized by La Monte Young at Yoko Ono’s studio, 112 Chambers Street, New York, NY 8–9 April 1961

Program for a Composers’ Showcase concert featuring the music of John Cage performed by Cage, David Tudor, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and Kenji Kobayashi, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 20 April 1961

Program from a Wesleyan University piano recital 24 April 1961

Flyer for “Three Evenings of Picnic and Electronic Music by Richard Maxfield,” part of the concert series organized by La Monte Young at Yoko Ono’s studio, 112 Chambers Street, New York, NY 28–30 April 1961

Flyer for “Compositions by La Monte Young,” part of the concert series organized by Young at Yoko Ono’s studio, 112 Chambers Street, New York, NY 19–20 May 1961

Program for “Compositions by La Monte Young,” part of the concert series organized by Young at Yoko Ono’s studio, 112 Chambers Street, New York, NY 19–20 May 1961

Incidental Music, event score sent to David Tudor George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) summer 1961

Mallard Milk, event score sent to David Tudor George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) summer 1961

Three Aqueous Events, event score sent to David Tudor George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) summer 1961

Letter from Toshi Ichiyanagi to George Brecht, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 7 (Cologne: Walther König, 2005), 26–27 Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) 2 July 1961

Letter from George Brecht to David Tudor George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 11 July 1961

“Musikken der fik TV-Seerne til at Storme Radiohuset: Er den gale musik kun skruptosset?,” Politiken, 13 30 July 1961

Score plus related notes for Duet for Piano and String Instrument Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) August 1961

Audio recording of a performance of George Brecht’s Incidental Music (summer 1961) at the Kongresssaal Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany, as part of the 1961 Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 6 September 1961

Letter from Toshi Ichiyanagi to David Tudor Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) 25 September 1961

Letter from George Maciunas to Jackson Mac Low on An Anthology of Chance Operations George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1 December 1961

“EVENTS: scores and other occurrences,” typescript, sent to Jill Johnston George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 28 December 1961

Alison Knowles performing #2—Proposition (October, 1962) (Make a Salad), at Festival of Misfits, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 1962

AN ANTHOLOGY of chance operations, concept art anti-art indeterminacy improvisation meaningless work natural disasters plans of action stories diagrams music poetry essays dance constructions mathematics compositions La Monte Young (American, b. 1935), Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004), George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1962

Flyer advertising An Anthology of Chance Operations George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1962

Handwritten and typed transcriptions of George Brecht event scores David Tudor (American, 1926–96) ca. 1962–63

John Cage and David Tudor in the Tôkei-ji Temple Garden (Kanazawa, Japan) 1962

Letter from George Maciunas to La Monte Young on An Anthology of Chance Operations George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) ca. 1962

Materials list for An Anthology of Chance Operations George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1962

Methods and Processes Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1962

Pages from miniature mock-up for An Anthology of Chance Operations with handwritten notes, probably by Jackson Mac Low, George Maciunas, and La Monte Young ca. 1962

Notes on arms, hands, legs, and feet, from Yvonne Rainer’s dance scripts notebook Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) ca. 1962

Pages from Jackson Mac Low’s contribution to a unique copy of An Anthology of Chance Operations (New York: George Maciunas and Jackson Mac Low, 1962) Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) 1962

Photos of the Neo-Dada in der Musik festival, Kammerspiele, Düsseldorf 1962

Plans for Fluxus publications and a new music festival George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) ca. 1962

Pond Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1962

Portrait of Benjamin Patterson Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933)

Score for Satie for Two Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) 1962

Year (New York: Dead Language, 1962) Angus MacLise (American, 1938–79) 1962

Program from a fundraising concert for An Anthology of Chance Operations at the Living Theatre, New York, NY 8 January 1962

Letters from George Maciunas to Dick Higgins George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 18 January 1962 and February 1963

Program from a fundraising concert for An Anthology of Chance Operations at the Living Theatre, New York, NY 5 February 1962

Letter from George Maciunas to Jackson Mac Low on An Anthology of Chance Operations George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 20 February 1962

Letter from Toshi Ichiyanagi to David Tudor Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) 10 March 1962

Letter from Toshi Ichiyanagi to David Tudor Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) 17 April 1962

Letter from George Maciunas to Jackson Mac Low on An Anthology of Chance Operations George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 13 May 1962

Benjamin Patterson performing Variations for Double-Bass at Kleinen Sommerfest: Après John Cage, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany possibly Rolf Jährling 9 June 1962

Invitation and program sent to David Tudor for the exhibition Kleinen Sommerfest: Après John Cage, organized by George Maciunas and Benjamin Patterson at Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, West Germany 9 June 1962

Lantern Extract, envelope and seventeen scores sent to M. C. Richards George Brecht (American, 1926–2008), Robert Watts (American, 1923–88) late 1962

Letter from George Maciunas to Jackson Mac Low on An Anthology of Chance Operations George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) August 1962

Letter from George Maciunas to Jackson Mac Low on An Anthology of Chance Operations George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 22 August 1962

Interview with Benjamin Patterson in Emmett Williams’s “Way Way Way Out,” in The Stars and Stripes, 11 Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016), Emmett Williams (American, 1925–2007) 30 August 1962

Flyer for Fluxus Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik, Städtisches Museum, Wiesbaden, West Germany George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1–23 September 1962

Letter from Toshi Ichiyanagi to David Tudor Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) September, ca. 1962

Archival film-to-video transfer of a 1962 German newsreel reporting on Fluxus Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik, Wiesbaden, West Germany, Hessenschau television news program (broadcast by Hessischer Rundfunk) 11 September 1962

“Cage’s Electronic Music Amazes and Amuses,” Seattle Times Louis R. Guzzo 27 September 1962

Letter from George Maciunas to Jackson Mac Low on An Anthology of Chance Operations George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) October 1962

John Cage’s Music Walk (1958), performed by John Cage, David Tudor, Yoko Ono, and Mayuzumi Toshirō, at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan Matsuzaki Kunitoshi 9 October 1962

Letter from Toshi Ichiyanagi to David Tudor Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) 20 November 1962

Dick Higgins performing George Brecht’s Drip Music (Drip Event) (1959–62) at Fluxus–Musik og Anti Musik det Instrumentale Teater, Nikolai Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark 23 November 1962

Event (Pulse Start, Pulse Stop), event score sent to David Tudor George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) December 1962

Eight Piano Transcriptions (for David Tudor) George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 1963

Ekstra Bladet/Politiken, 1992 reprint by Edition Hundertmark George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) early 1963; reprinted in 1992

Letter from Alison Knowles to [Oscar] Emmett Williams Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) ca. 1963

Letter from Alison Knowles to [Oscar] Emmett Williams Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) ca. 1963

Letter from George Maciunas to Benjamin Patterson George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) January 1963

Letter from George Maciunas to George Brecht George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) ca. January 1963

Letter from George Maciunas to Jackson Mac Low on An Anthology of Chance Operations, written on the back of Fluxus News leter [sic] No. 5 George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) January 1963

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1963

Letters from George Brecht to Jill Johnston George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) ca. 1963

Notebook sketches related to We Shall Run (1963) Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) ca. 1963

Piece for Violins, Violas, and Sopranino Saxophone Terry Jennings (American, 1940–81) January 1963

Untitled notebook pages on performer versus audience Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) ca. 1963

Water Yam George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 1963

Water Yam Cards George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 1963

Ensemble performance of George Brecht’s Drip Music (Drip Event) (1959–62), directed by George Maciunas at Festum Fluxorum, at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany 2 February 1963

George Maciunas performing George Brecht’s Drip Music (Drip Event) (1959–62) at Festum Fluxorum, at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany 2 February 1963

Letter from Toshi Ichiyanagi to David Tudor Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) 15 February 1963

Interactive map of locations relevant to the creation and distribution of Jackson Mac Low’s postcard scores spring 1963

Letter from Alison Knowles to [Oscar] Emmett Williams Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) April ca. 1963

Postcards sent by Jackson Mac Low to Benjamin Patterson with various scores composed in 1963, including Social Projects 1–3, Architecture (for GB), Schedule (for George Brecht), and Light Rhythms for Henry Flynt Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) April 1963

Concert program for Happenings, Events, and Advanced Musics, at Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, sent by Dick Higgins to David Tudor 6 April 1963

Fluxus News–Policy Letter, no. 6 George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 6 April 1963

George Brecht performing Three Aqueous Events/Drip Music (Drip Event) (1959–62) at the concert Happenings, Events, and Advanced Musics, at Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 6 April 1963

Postcard from George Brecht to Benjamin Patterson George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 22 April 1963

Open letter from Jackson Mac Low to George Maciunas in response to Fluxus News—Policy Letter, no. 6 Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) 25 April 1963

Postcards from Jackson Mac Low to Daniel Spoerri, Emmett Williams, and Robert Filliou, with scores for Social Projects 1–3 Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) 29 April 1963

Fluxus News—Policy Letter, no. 7 George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1 May 1963

“Yvonne Rainer: I” and “Yvonne Rainer: II,” The Village Voice Jill Johnston (American, 1929–2010) 23 May 1963 and 6 June 1963

Benjamin Patterson and Oscar van Alphen performing Paper Piece at the Fluxus Festival, Hypokriterion Theater, Amsterdam 23 June 1963

Performance of Benjamin Patterson’s Paper Piece at the Fluxus Festival, Hypokriterion Theater, Amsterdam 23 June 1963

Letter from George Brecht to M. C. Richards George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) July 1963

“Some Thoughts on Improvisation (for the Painter James [Lee] Byars)” Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) December 1963

Letter from Toshi Ichiyanagi to David Tudor Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) 19 December 1963

Animation of David Tudor’s realization of graph J of the Solo for Piano John Cage (American, 1912–92), David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1964

Live performance of the first realization of John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra at Mills College David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1964

Performance of Paper Piece in Nice, France Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1964

Score for Soap in the form of a poster Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1964–65

Letter from Warner Jepson to David Tudor that includes a copy of Terry Riley’s In C (1964) Warner Jepson (1930–2011) 1964

Sculptural realization of George Brecht’s Drip Music (Drip Event) (1959–62) at the New York Fluxhall/Fluxshop, New York, NY 1964

Performance of Paper Piece in Nice, France Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) 1964–72

Postcard from George Brecht to Benjamin Patterson George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 21 January 1964

“Far-Out at the Philharmonic,” Time, 79–80 14 February 1964

Direction Music for Fingers Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) September 1964

Mieko Shiomi performing Direction Music for Fingers at Washington Square Gallery, New York, NY 30 October 1964

Three differently formatted scores for Soap Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) December 1964

“Conditions for Performing Fluxus Published Compositions, Films & Tapes” George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) ca. 1965

Allan Kaprow’s clipping of Clyde Burnett, “History of Photography Is Reviewed,” likely printed in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune 1965

Bean Rolls from Fluxkit Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 1965

Communists Must Give Revolutionary Leadership in Culture Henry Flynt (American, b. 1940), George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1965

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1965

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1965

Letter from Robert Carter, a graduate student in painting at Florida State University, to Allan Kaprow ca. 1965

Notes related to The Mind Is a Muscle, including Trio A and Trio B Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) 1965–66

Notice of cancelation of Allan Kaprow’s Soap 1965

Object edition of Spatial Poem No. 1 (Word Event) Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938), George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1965

Partial score for Parts of Some Sextets Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) 1965

Program for a performance by the group Theatre of Eternal Music, with La Monte Young, John Cale, Marian Zazeela, and Tony Conrad ca. 1965

Score for #2—Proposition (October, 1962) (Make a Salad), in By Alison Knowles, A Great Bear Pamphlet (New York: Something Else Press, 1965), 2 Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 1965

Score for Spatial Poem No. 2 (Direction Event) Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) 1965

Star/Steer Ian Hamilton Finlay (Scottish, 1925–2006) 1965

Postcard from Sylvano Bussotti to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 6 January 1965

Photograph of Jackson Mac Low 25 January 1965

Clipping of a tidal chart of waves at Sarasota Bay, from Soap 1 February 1965

Notes to Soap Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) February 1965

Program for Florida State University’s Eighteenth Annual Symposium, which included Kaprow’s Soap Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1–4 February 1965

Yvonne Rainer’s We Shall Run (1963), performed at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT 7 March 1965

Postcard from George Brecht to Benjamin Patterson George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) 7 April 1965

Letter from Sylvano Bussotti to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 25 April 1965

Written documentation by Alison Knowles of her performance of Benjamin Patterson’s Final Exam Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016), Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 1 June 1965

Event Score George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) August 1965

Handwritten page of notes for Soap Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) fall 1965

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) fall 1965

Graphic scores related to Film, from The Mind Is a Muscle (1966–68) Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) ca. 1966–68

Graphic scores related to Trio B, from The Mind is a Muscle (1966–68) Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) ca. 1966–68

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) 1966

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1966

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) 1966

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1966

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1966

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1966

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas, with annotations by Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1966

List of the Judson Dance Theater’s dance concerts, 1961–66 ca. 1966

Notes, draft program, and cue sheets related to The Mind Is a Muscle (1966–68), including Trio A, Trio B, and Mat Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) ca. 1966–68

Object edition of Spatial Poem No. 2 (Direction Event) Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938), George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1966

Judson Dance Theater concert program for “A Dance Concert of Old and New Works by: David Gordon, Yvonne Rainer, Steve Paxton” 10–12 January 1966

“Music for Our Time: Gurgles and Growls,” review of a David Tudor and Alvin Lucier performance of works by Alvin Lucier, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and John Cage, Boston Herald Anthony Matejczyk ca. February 1966

Letter from John Cage to George Maciunas John Cage (American, 1912–92) 3 February 1966

“Electronic Concert Not Very Amusing,” review of a David Tudor and Alvin Lucier performance of works by Alvin Lucier, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and John Cage, Boston Globe George Gelles 27 February 1966

“Rainer’s ‘Mind Is a Muscle,’” The Village Voice, 13 Jill Johnston (American, 1929–2010) 2 June 1966

Letter from Dick Higgins to George Maciunas Dick Higgins (American, 1938–98) 17 August 1966

Letter from Dick Higgins to George Maciunas Dick Higgins (American, 1938–98) 22 August 1966

Letter from Dick Higgins to George Maciunas Dick Higgins (American, 1938–98) 23 August 1966

Postcard from Alison Knowles to George Maciunas Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 25 August 1966

Bifold program for “A Program of Electronic Music, Electronic Poetry & Live Simultaneities,” held at Town Hall, New York, NY 13 September 1966

The text on the opposite page may be used in any way as a score for solo or group readings, musical or dramatic performances, looking, smelling, anything else &/or nothing at all (July 1961), performed by Jackson Mac Low and Jeanne Lee at Town Hall, New York, NY Jackson Mac Low (American, 1922–2004) 13 September 1966

Poster for a “peace illumination walk” in sympathy with the suffering in Vietnam 23 December 1966

Electronic processing diagram for Toshi Ichiyanagi’s Activities for Orchestra, for Merce Cunningham’s dance Scramble David Tudor (American, 1926–96) 1967

Notes and correspondence related to Distance Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) 1967

Postcard from George Brecht to John Cage George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) ca. 1967–69

Letter from Toshi Ichiyanagi to David Tudor Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese, b. 1933) 4 February 1967

Letter from Sylvano Bussotti to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 24 May 1967

Letter from Sylvano Bussotti to David Tudor Sylvano Bussotti (Italian, 1931–2021) 25 August 1967

Letter from Nam June Paik to George Maciunas Nam June Paik (Korean, 1932–2006) 14 November 1967

Contract to prepare and present a “happening,” signed by Carl A. Viggiani, chairman of the Department of Romance Languages, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 20 December 1967

“Expanded Education for the Paperless Society,” 1968, reproduced in Radical Software 1, no. 1 (1970): 7–8 Nam June Paik (Korean, 1932–2006) 1968

“Journal of the Identical Lunch” Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 1968–69

Letter from Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1968

Letter from Mieko Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1968

Object edition of Spatial Poem No. 3 (a fluxcalender) Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938), George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1968

Postcard from Mieko Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1968

“Brandeis Offers Dance Contrasts,” Boston Herald Traveler Joan B. Cass 16 January 1968

“Triumphal poses” of participants in Allan Kaprow’s Transfer February 1968

Poster for Transfer Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) February 1968

Poster for Transfer, with Allan Kaprow’s handwritten notes Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) February 1968

The Mind Is a Muscle concert program, Anderson Theater, New York, NY Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) 11, 14, 15 April 1968

“Miss Rainer Offers ‘Mind Is a Muscle,’” New York Times Don McDonagh (American, 1932–2019) 12 April 1968

“Expanded Muscle,” The Village Voice Deborah Jowitt (American, b. 1934) 18 April 1968

“Rainer’s Muscle,” The Village Voice Jill Johnston (American, 1929–2010) 18 April 1968

“Lecture for a Group of Expectant People” Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) September 1968

“Invitation to Participate in New Years Eve’s Flux-Feast” George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1969

“Materials for Performance,” notes for a workshop in Yvonne Rainer’s studio Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) ca. 1969

Shigeko Kubota Performs The Identical Lunch Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 1969, realized 1973

Unidentified Woman Performs The Identical Lunch Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 1969, realized 1973

Flyer for “Waltspacer: An Audiovisual Simultaneity” at Loeb Student Center, New York University, New York, NY 23 April 1969

“How to Use these videotapes and booklets” Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) January 1981

Alison Knowles tasting soup ca. 1970s

Drip Music George Brecht (American, 1926–2008) ca. 1970

Labanotation score for Yvonne Rainer’s dances Chair-Pillow and Couples, from the larger project Continuous Project Altered Daily (1970), as performed at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) 1970

Performance of the second realization of John Cage’s Solo for Piano David Tudor (American, 1926–96)

Postcard Theatre (addressed to Jean Brown) Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933), Pauline Oliveros (American, 1932–2016) ca. 1970s

Letter from Alison Knowles to Jean Brown Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 5 August ca. 1970s

Trio A with Flags (1966), performed at the opening of The People’s Flag Show, Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY Yvonne Rainer (American, b. 1934) 9 November 1970

Diagram, 24 June 1969, in Alison Knowles’s Journal of the Identical Lunch (San Francisco: Nova Broadcast Press, 1971), 35 Tom Wasmuth (American, b. 1941) 1971

Journal of the Identical Lunch (San Francisco: Nova Broadcast Press, 1971) Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933)

Letter from James Klosty to David Tudor James Klosty 1971

Letter from Mieko Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1971

Postcard from Mieko Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) 1971

Letter from Mieko Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1972

Letter from Mieko Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1972

Letter from Mieko Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1972

Letter from Mieko Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1972

Letter from Mieko Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) 1972

List of participants in Spatial Poem (Nos. 1–4) Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1972

Score for Spatial Poem No. 5 (Open Event) Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) 1972

“Mieko Shiomi,” Art and Artists 8, no. 7 (1973): 42–45 Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938)

Allan Kaprow filming performers Sue Johnson and David Hauck for the film version of Routine 1973

Allan Kaprow’s clipping of instructions for applying Bluboro™ powder ca. 1973

Anne Brazeau Performs The Identical Lunch Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 1969, realized 1973

Contact sheet of photographs by Alvin Comiter, with Allan Kaprow’s notations ca. 1973

Contact sheet of photographs of the review session for Loss 1973

Detail of part 4 of the printed program for Routine Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1973

Drawing on the handwritten draft of the program for Routine Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1973

Film still from Routine Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1973

Gentle Surprises booklet, including score for Blind Lunch Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933), Bill Fontana (American, b. 1947) 1973

George Maciunas Performs The Identical Lunch Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 1969, realized 1973

Handwritten draft of the program for Routine Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1973

Handwritten notes for Loss Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1973

Letter from Alison Knowles to Jean Brown Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933), Anna (Annea) Lockwood (New Zealand-born American, b. 1939) 1973

Object edition of Spatial Poem No. 4 (a fluxmovie) Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938), George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78) 1973

Program for Loss Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1973

Routine Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1973

Score for Spatial Poem No. 6 (Orbit Event) Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) 1973

Sketches for illustrations for the program for Loss Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) ca. 1973

The Identical Lunch (San Francisco: Nova Broadcast Press, 1973) Philip Corner (American, b. 1933)

List of participants and their phone numbers, for use in Loss Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 27 January 1973

Letter from Allan Kaprow to Pat Egan Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 18 February 1973

Portland Center for the Visual Arts’ project grant application for the National Endowment for the Arts 12 April 1973

Letter from Allan Kaprow to Ilo Bonyhadi, at the Portland Center for the Visual Arts Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 23 April 1973

Letter from Allan Kaprow to Mary L. Beebe at the Portland Center for the Visual Arts Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 5 November 1973

Letter from Mary L. Beebe to Allan Kaprow 21 November 1973

Printed program for Routine, presented at the Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, Oregon Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 29 November–2 December 1973

Production still from Allan Kaprow’s 16mm film of Routine Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 29 November–2 December 1973

Detail of page 2 of the program for Allan Kaprow’s Routine (1973), with handwritten notes by a participant during Kaprow’s residency at the Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) December 1973

Draft of the printed program for Routine, with Allan Kaprow’s handwritten notes, version 1 Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) December 1973

Draft of the printed program for Routine, with Allan Kaprow’s handwritten notes, version 2 Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) December 1973

Draft of the printed program for Routine, with Allan Kaprow’s handwritten notes, version 3 Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) December 1973

“Collections from the Full Moon” poster Alison Knowles (American, b. 1933) 1974

Letter from Mieko Shiomi to George Maciunas Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) ca. 1974

Score for Spatial Poem No. 8 (Wind Event) Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi (Japanese, b. 1938) 1974

Program for “Jackson Mac Low with Merce Cunningham and Dance Company” at Cunningham Studio at Westbeth, New York, NY 16–17 February 1974

“Easy Activity” essay on Loss Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1975

Announcement for Womens Work, “a magazine of performance scores by contemporary women artists” ca. 1975

Comfort Zones Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1975

Contact sheets of photographs by Alvin Comiter, with Allan Kaprow’s notations Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1975

Detail of page 3 of the Routine activity booklet Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1975

Warm-ups Allan Kaprow (American, 1927–2006) 1975