NEW MUSIC NOTATIONS

 

The musical notations below embrace concepts of chance as pioneered by John Cage and Marcel Duchamp from as early as 1934.  They can be read and interpreted freely yet they always include keys that give just enough direction to move the music. In many ways they become art pieces themselves even without any music performed. 

Cornelius Cardew ‘Treatise’

Cornelius Cardew ‘Treatise’

Toshi Ichiyanagi ‘Stanzas’

Toshi Ichiyanagi ‘Stanzas’

Toshi Ichiyanagi ‘Music for Piano’

Toshi Ichiyanagi ‘Music for Piano’

Iannis Xenakis ‘Polytope’

Iannis Xenakis ‘Polytope’

John Cage ‘Interludes’

John Cage ‘Interludes’

Karlheinz Stockhausen ‘Studie II’

Karlheinz Stockhausen ‘Studie II’

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Carsten Nicolai ‘Time-Dot’

Carsten Nicolai ‘Time-Dot’

For more information visit Experimental Music Notation Resources

 
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