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Title Concert flyer for “Mvsica Antiqva et Nova Presents Evenings at AG,” sent to David Tudor from unknown sender
Maker George Maciunas (Lithuanian American, 1931–78)
Date 1961
Type programs and flyers
Location Getty Research Institute, David Tudor Papers, 980039, box 82, folder 18

Inspired by the concert series organized in 1960–61 by La Monte Young at Yoko Ono’s Chambers Street loft, George Maciunas launched his own series at AG Gallery, a space he ran briefly with fellow Lithuanian American Almus Salcius at 925 Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side. Presented under the title “Mvsica Antiqva et Nova,” Maciunas’s programming was billed as an educational exploration of musical currents from the Renaissance to the contemporary, although sculptures, installations, and readings were included as well. Between May and July 1961 the series hosted events featuring works by John Cage, Richard Maxfield, La Monte Young, Henry Flynt, Dick Higgins, Jackson Mac Low, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Joseph Byrd, Walter De Maria, and Ray Johnson, among others.

Courtesy of Billie Maciunas.

Cite

Maciunas, George. Concert flyer for “Mvsica Antiqva et Nova Presents Evenings at AG,” sent to David Tudor from unknown sender, 1961. Getty Research Institute, David Tudor Papers, 980039, box 82, folder 18. 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/342/.

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