59½" For a String Player



Category: Musical composition
Dated: New York City, July 2, 1953
Instrumentation: String player
Duration: 59½"
Premiere and performer(s):
Dedicated to: Claus Adam
Choreography: ---
Published: Edition Peters 6776 © 1960 by Henmar Press
Manuscript: Score (holograph, signed, in ink - 6 p.) and instructions for duplicating music for publication (typescript - 1 lf.) in New York Public Library


This work is part of "The Ten Thousand Things" project.
"May be played alone by a string player or in combination or sequence with other pieces to be written." (From the title page of the manuscript)
The score a graph and is notated in space . Tone production on the four strings is seperately graphed, individual spaces being provided for each string. The player determines the range of each string. There are graphs for noises on the box, vibrati and bowing pressure as well.