Writing through a text by Chris Mann : Whiskus | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Manuscript Musical Score, No Linguistic Content, [1984]

Physical Description:33 unnumbered pages ; 29 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:35726526

Notes:

Typescript and holograph in ink

Contains 5 p. of text by Chris Mann from which the text of Eight Whiskus was derived; also contains notes and worksheets related to its composition

Words derived from a text by Chris Mann

" ... eight mesostics were written on the first three words of Chris Mann's text ... these eight mesostics are short poems (cf. haiku). Therefore I call them Whiskus."--Notes on Compositions IV (John Cage: Writer / Richard Kostelanetz)

John Cage Music Manuscript Collection