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[Draft versions for solos 25, 27, 39, 47, 68 and 74 of Song books

Title: [Draft versions for solos 25, 27, 39, 47, 68 and 74 of Song books / John Cage].
Author: Cage, John.
Publication: [1970]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Notated music	Supervised use	JPB 95-3 Folder 364	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Description

[23] ms. p. on [14] leaves; 18 x 22 cm.

Uniform Title

Song books (Sketches)

Alternative Title

Song books (Sketches)

Subjects

Note

Holograph in ink.
Solo 25 based on La Grenouille amʹericaine from Ludions / Erik Satie.
Solo 27 based on Messe des pauvres / Erik Satie ; words by Henry David Thoreau.
Solo 39 based on Die Hoffnung, D. 637 / music by Franz Schubert ; text by Friedrich Schiller.
Solo 47 based on Die hölle Rache from Die Zauberflöte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The text of solos 68 and 74 is an acrostic for James Klosty.
John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.

Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 364

OCLC

NYPG95-C556

Author

Cage, John.

Title

[Draft versions for solos 25, 27, 39, 47, 68 and 74 of Song books / John Cage].

Imprint

[1970]

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Klosty, James.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Zauberflöte. Hölle Rache.

Satie, Erik, 1866-1925. Ludions. Grenouille amʹericaine.

Satie, Erik, 1866-1925. Messe des pauvres.

Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805.

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Hoffnung, D. 637.

Research Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 364 Public service copy

JPB 94-24 Folder 308 Originals -- Permission required