Photographs
		Scores and Notes
		Letters
		Books and Programs

Photographs

Photographer unknown David Tudor's mother, Marian Witman, n.d. Courtesy of Joy Nemiroff		Photographer unknown David Tudor, n.d. Courtesy of Joy Nemiroff

Photographer unknown David Tudor and his sister Joy (detail), ca. 1929 Courtesy of Joy Nemiroff		Photographer unknown David Tudor as "Mr. Thumb," ca. 1933 Courtesy of Joy Nemiroff

Photographer unknown David Tudor performing John Cage's Water Music in Darmstadt, 1958		Photographer unknown David Tudor performing John Cage's Water Music in Darmstadt, 1958

Photographer unknown David Tudor performing John Cage's Water Music in Darmstadt, 1958		Photographer unknown David Tudor performing John Cage's Water Music in Darmstadt, 1958

Photographer unknown David Tudor working on the second realization of John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra: Solo for Piano, prepared for the recording Indeterminacy, 1959		Photograph by Earle Brown David Tudor with materials for a realization of John Cage's Cartridge Music at the Capitol Records studio in New York, ca. 1962 © Earle Brown Music Foundation

Photograph by Bob Arnold, recording engineer From left: Christian Wolff, Earle Brown, John Cage, David Tudor, and Morton Feldman at the Capitol Records Studio in New York, ca. 1962 © Earle Brown Music Foundation		Photographer unknown David Tudor and John Cage in Japan, 1962

Photographer unknown David Tudor, John Cage, Yoko Ono, and unidentified artist performing in Japan, 1962		Photograph by James M. Drew "Buddha and his Friends." David Tudor, Drummond Alan Drew, and John Cage in New Orleans, 1963 By permission of James M. Drew and the Greywolf Performing Arts Institute

Photographer unknown David Tudor and Karlheinz Stockhausen in New York for performances of Refrain and Kontakte, 1964		Photograph by Lowell Cross David Tudor at electronics table, ca. 1976

Photograph by Ralph Jones Installation of Rainforest IV (1973), L'Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, 1976, © 1976 Ralph Jones		Photograph by Ralph Jones Bill Viola and Lynwa Kreimann at the installation of Rainforest IV, L'Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris -- "Biting the instrument to hear the sound" (Bill Viola), 1976 © 1976 Ralph Jones

Photograph by Ralph Jones Hanging sculpture at the installation of Rainforest IV, L'Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, 1976 © 1976 Ralph Jones		Photograph by Ralph Jones Paul De Marinis (left) in the installation of Rainforest IV, L'Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, 1976 © 1976 Ralph Jones

Photograph by Ralph Jones Sculpture by Ralph Jones for Rainforest IV (1973), L'Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, 1976 © 1976 Ralph Jones		Photograph by Denise Browne Hare David Tudor and Jackie Matisse, 1990 © Denise Browne Hare

Scores and Notes

David Tudor Notes on Wassily Kandinsky's The Art of Spiritual Harmony (Über das Geistige in der Kunst, 1911; first English publication in London: Constable and Co., 1914) (recto), ca. 1940s		David Tudor Notes on Arnold Schoenberg's "Tonality and Form" (1925) (recto), ca. 1940s

David Tudor Autograph score of Choral-Vorspiel: Jesus, Meine Zuversicht (p. 1, recto), 1941		David Tudor Realization of Morton Feldman's Intersection 3 (p. 1, recto, detail), 1953

Earle Brown Autograph score of 25 Pages (p. 4, detail), 1953 © 1953 Earle Brown		Morton Feldman Autograph score of Intersection 3, 1953 © 1962 C. F. Peters Corporation

David Tudor First realization of John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra: Solo for Piano Prepared for the premiere performance at Town Hall in New York City (excerpt, detail), 1958		La Monte Young Autograph score of 0 - 1698 (April 1960) to Henry Flynt (excerpt), 1960 Courtesy of the artist

David Tudor List of "Single and Complex Sounds" for a realization of John Cage's Variations II [1961] (detail)		David Tudor "Nomographs" designed for a realization of John Cage's Variations II, 1961

David Tudor Generalized electronic circuitry diagram for Bandoneon! (a combine), 1966		David Tudor Generalized electronic circuitry diagram for Rainforest IV, 1973 (detail)

David Tudor Notes for Island Eye, Island Ear -- A collaborative project utilizing island sounds transmitted through parabolic antennas (Tudor), cloud sculptures (Fujiko Nakaya), and kites (Jackie Matisse) (recto, detail), ca. 1974		David Tudor Island Eye, Island Ear -- Map of sound beam paths on Knavelskär Island in the Swedish Archipelago, ca. 1974

David Tudor Electronic circuitry diagram for Dialects (detail), 1984

Letters

Letter from John Cage to David Tudor about Music of Changes (p. 1, recto), 1951		Letter from David Tudor to Mary Caroline Richards about his first visit to Black Mountain College (detail), May 24, 1951

Letter from David Tudor to John Cage about performances in Boulder, Colorado Premiere performance of Part 1 of Cage's Music of Changes (p. 1, recto, detail), July 1951		Letter from Morton Feldman to David Tudor about Intersection 3 (detail), June 15, 1953

Letter from Karlheinz Stockhausen to David Tudor about Klavierstück VI (detail), March 13, 1955		Jackie Matisse Hand painted card to David Tudor, enclosing announcement of Sea Tails premiere at the Centre Georges Pompidou, June 3, 1983

Books and Programs

Program for a performance of Erik Satie's The Ruse of Medusa (translated from the French by M.C. Richards) at Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina (detail), August 14, 1948		Program for a recital by David Tudor and others in New York City American premiere performance of Pierre Boulez' Second Piano Sonata, December 17, 1950

Program for a solo recital by David Tudor in New York City First complete performance of John Cage's Music of Changes, January 1, 1952		Programs for recitals by David Tudor at Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina, August 9, 11, and 12, 1952

George Maciunas and Jackson Mac Low, publishers; La Monte Young, editor Anthology of chance operations, concept art, anti-art, indeterminacy, improvisation, meaningless work, natural disasters, plans of action, stories, diagrams, music, poetry, essays, dance constructions, mathematics, compositions (New York, 1962), title pages © 1962 Jackson Mac Low		George Maciunas, et al. Anthology of chance operations (1962) title pages © 1962 Jackson Mac Low

George Maciunas, et al. Anthology of chance operations (1962) title pages © 1962 Jackson Mac Low		George Maciunas, et al. Anthology of chance operations (1962) credit page © 1962 Jackson Mac Low

Poster for performances of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (recto), May 15-26, 1968		Poster for performances of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (verso), May 15-26, 1968

	Related Past Event Symposium: The Art of David Tudor: Indeterminacy and Performance in Postwar Culture—May 17–19, 2001 Related Past Exhibition Sea Tails: A Video Collaboration Dig Deeper Examine the contents of the David Tudor Papers Have a Question? Contact the GRI Contact Reproductions & Permissions