| Title | A Realization of Earle Brown’s December 1952 |
| Maker | David Tudor (American, 1926–96) |
| Date | 1950s |
| Type | score |
| Location | Getty Research Institute, David Tudor Papers, 980039, box 170, folder 2 |
David Tudor’s realization of December 1952 is, as was typical for him, fairly straightforward and involved careful measurements. For his sound events, he chose a variety of tone clusters of varied sizes, dynamics, and durations. Though nothing in Earle Brown’s score precludes a dense or fast realization, many interpreters see and hear in it a relatively sparse and impersonal landscape of isolated sounds.
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December 1952, 1950s. Getty Research
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Art, Poetry, and Dance, 1950–1975, ed. Michael Gallope, Natilee Harren, and John
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