English translation: “The expression ‘for David Tudor,’ used in the title, is not meant to be a dedication but is, so to speak, almost an indication of the instrument (Tudor) the piece should be played with. The written musical notation realizes a scale that goes from the traditionally known notation up to the musically still unknown sign: the drawing. In one case (No. 4), an independent drawing by the author, from ten years earlier, was adopted for the hands of the pianist. Often the sound act that such drawings can generate remains in the hands of the pianist. The five pieces, removed from a larger cycle, come together, detaching themselves from it, in a minor cycle virtually disposed in the global cycle. Thus, a complete part (No. 2) will become unfinished, and another complete part becomes partial (No. 5).”
Used by permission of Hal Leonard.
