Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[John Hails <>]

And something further...

In 1978, Cage writes to Heinz-Karl Metzger to say "Variations VII by the way has not been written down." so we should take the archival material as abandoned drafts(?), which leaves the status of the work curiously floating...

J

On Mon, 20 Apr 2020, 11:54 John Hails, <> wrote:

Hi

David Miller addresses this in his article about the performance practice of the Variations series (American Music vol 27 no 1). There are two working drafts for a score, both in the EAT archives (the first one is also present in the NY public library for performing arts). I can copy across the relevant bit of text from Miller's article if that would be helpful! 

The Variations have occupied me a bit over the years so it is always nice to hear someone else looking at them!

John

On Mon, 20 Apr 2020, 11:14 Lê Quan Ninh, <> wrote:

Hello everyone,

Thinking about art at distance to respond to the current situation, I was thinking about Variations VII where different sound sources come from different points. It seems that the score is not available at Editions Peters (https://www.editionpeters.com/writer/john-cage/w00713#facets=&sort=1|1).

Is this score never published ? Is there a way to get it ?

Ninh


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