Identity area
Reference code
OTUFM 11-B-018
Title
Music for nothing : for card and pendulum manipulators, tape recorder operators, and readers
Date(s)
- [1971] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
15 pages of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
(1919-2014)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Udo Kasemets (1996) ; Susan Layard (2014)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File contains performance instructions in pencil and coloured ink. File includes correspondence from John Cage and Samuel Beckett regarding permissions to use their texts.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Performance instructions in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Nothing texts by Samuel Beckett, Norman O. Brown and John Cage, read using chance operation with playing cards. Includes permissions correspondence (autographed letter signed) from Samuel Beckett and John Cage.
Alternative identifier(s)
Former identifier
90038 rbsc
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Cage, John (Subject)