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Manuscript Musical Score, No Linguistic Content, 1985 March

Genre:Manuscripts

Physical Description:[3] ms. pages ; 32 cm or smaller

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:35728445

Notes:

Holograph in ink

Contains a letter, dated March 26, 1985, from Malcolm Goldstein and notes by John Cage concerning the arrangement for violin of Eight whiskus. The verso of one leaf contains a note to John Cage and Merce Cunningham from "Peggy."

The title is derived from the combination of a text by Chris Mann "whislin is did ..." with part of the word haiku (i.e. a short poem)

Dated March '85

John Cage Music Manuscript Collection