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Sketch and inventory for graph BB for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table for graph BY for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table for graph P for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Notes for graphs AE, AB, and BK for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketches of graphs BX and Z for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketches for graph B for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketches for graph B for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketches for graph Q for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketches for graph Q for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketches for graph AY for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketches for graphs AT, BE, and BD for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketch for graph E for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketch for graphs AJ and AL for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Preliminary sketch for graph AY for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketch for graph A for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Timing chart for graphs BW, BO, et al. for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Timing chart for graphs BW, BO, et al. for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketches for graphs BT, BJ, and BW for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketches for graphs BT, BJ, and BW for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Tables for graphs AJ, AL, and J for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table of graph BZ for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table for graph I for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table for graphs BI and H for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Tables for graphs K, BB, CF, C, N, and AK for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Tables for graphs B and T for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Tables for graphs BN and AL for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Dynamics table for graph A for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table for graph D for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Tables for graphs BM, BJ, BA, H, N, P, AK, and AI for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketches of graphs BN, BJ, BA, H, N, P, AK, and AI for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Tables for graphs Y, Z, X, AG, and AD for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table for graph B for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Tables for graphs BJ, BW, and H for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table for graph CC for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table for graph CD for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketches of graphs CB and CA for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table for graph AR for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Tables for graphs U, BP, AK, H, AI, and BT for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Tables for graph K for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table for graph AX and AT for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Tables for graphs AX and AT for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Table for graph BB for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Sketch and inventory for graph BB for the first realization of John Cage’s *Solo for Piano*:
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Title David Tudor’s sketches for individual graphs of the first realization of Cage’s Solo for Piano
Maker David Tudor (American, 1926–96)
Date May 1958
Type sketches and materials; digital feature
Location Getty Research Institute, David Tudor Papers, 980039, box 7

In this digital feature, users can select various graphs in Cage’s Solo for Piano and view Tudor’s corresponding drafts, notes, tables, and calculations for realizing each of Cage’s graphs. In this file, some individual pages contain notes for multiple graphs.

Cite

Tudor, David. David Tudor’s sketches for individual graphs of the first realization of Cage’s Solo for Piano, May 1958. Getty Research Institute, David Tudor Papers, 980039, box 7. 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/136/.