| Title | Letter from John Cage to George Brecht, reprinted in George Brecht—Notebooks, ed. Dieter Daniels and Hermann Braun, vol. 5 (Cologne: Walther König, 1998), 114 |
| Maker | John Cage (American, 1912–92) |
| Date | 27 May 1960 |
| Type | correspondence |
| Location | Getty Research Institute, item 92-B17341, vol. 5 |
After seeing George Brecht’s Card-Piece for Voice (1959) performed at the Living Theatre in March 1960, John Cage wrote this letter to Brecht encouraging him to send some event scores to David Tudor for performance in Germany.
Courtesy of the John Cage Trust.
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Walther König, 1998), 114, 27 May 1960. Getty Research
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