Notations

In this book has to do with music notation. Cage collates, reproduces, & displays 255 scores by a variety of contemporary composers invited to send their work with a limited word number commentary. The book is a wonderful exploration through the avant-garde, and it is great compelling nourishment for the composer to see the various graphic icons of someone's hand. Each work is reproduced in manuscript with the composer’s submitted commentary. The composers included represent most the 20th century. Sample list of Boulez Carter Cardew Ralph Shapey Stockhausen Milton Babbitt Christian Wolff Frederic Rzewski Roman Haubenstock Ramati Bo Nilsson Luigi Nono Luciano Berio Dick Higgins Nam June Paik David Tudor Alison Knowles George Brecht Giuseppi Ciardi Peter Maxwell Davies Jean-Claude Eloy Pierre Schaffer Luc Ferrari Pierre Henry George Maciunes Jackson Maclow (poet not composer) Franco Evangelisti Dieter Schnebel Henry Cowell Virgil Thompson Ben Johnston Lou Harrison Samuel Adler Eric Satie & many more