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044

Title “Der Kampf mit dem Drachen. In der Musikakademie wurde ein Klavier mit dem Stock geschlagen,” The Observer
Date 5 December 1958
Type press clipping
Location Getty Research Institute, David Tudor Papers, 980039, box 62, folder 11

This review playfully and imaginatively describes David Tudor’s recital in Vienna as a “fight with a dragon,” dramatically narrating how Tudor’s use of nontraditional techniques and preparations were akin to a combat between Tudor and the piano itself, with the audience cheering the spectacle on. The critic notes Tudor’s deadpan persona despite the apparent anarchy and disorder of the music.

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“Der Kampf mit dem Drachen. In der Musikakademie wurde ein Klavier mit dem Stock geschlagen,” The Observer, 5 December 1958. Getty Research Institute, David Tudor Papers, 980039, box 62, folder 11. In The Scores Project: Experimental Notation in Music, Art, Poetry, and Dance, 1950–1975, ed. Michael Gallope, Natilee Harren, and John Hicks. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2025. https://www.getty.edu/publications/scores/object-index/044/.