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Title David Tudor performing a work by John Cage in London
Date 1954
Type photograph
Location Getty Research Institute, David Tudor Papers, 980039, box 158

In this photo, David Tudor performs a work by John Cage with an array of auxiliary percussion. Throughout the 1950s, Cage built upon his past practice with the prepared piano, writing works that called for extended techniques (inserting bolts, rubber, and other hardware into the strings; hitting the outside of the keyboard; strumming, plucking, or scraping strings inside the piano; and using auxiliary sounds/miscellaneous percussion). Cage credited composer Henry Cowell for inspiring his work with extended techniques.

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David Tudor performing a work by John Cage in London, 1954. Getty Research Institute, David Tudor Papers, 980039, box 158. 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/055/.