| Title | Variations for Double-Bass |
| Maker | Benjamin Patterson (American, 1934–2016) |
| Date | 1961, rev. 1962 |
| Type | score |
| Location | Getty Research Institute, Jean Brown Papers, 890164, box 39, folder 33 |
First performed by Benjamin Patterson himself, these variations take the performer and their bass as the “theme”; the “variations” are a series of event scores. The number of sounds and the duration of each variation are left up to the bassist.
© The Estate of Benjamin Patterson.
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Patterson, Benjamin.
Variations for Double-Bass, 1961, rev. 1962.
Getty Research Institute, Jean Brown Papers, 890164,
box 39, folder 33. 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.
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