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Manuscript Musical Score, No Linguistic Content, [1984-1985]

Genre:Manuscripts

Physical Description:9, 5, [6] pages ; 28 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:35726909

Notes:

Typescript, holograph in ink and copyist's manuscript in ink

"The source text ... is the last and first paragraphs of Finnegans wake. The Satie title that forms these mesostics is Trois poèmes d'amour. James Joyce in my view referred to Satie twice in Finnegans wake, "secret satieties and ononymous letters," and "Go in for scribenery with the satiey of arthurs in S.P.Q. Rish." Mesdamkus consists of seventeen kus."--Performance notes

John Cage Music Manuscript Collection