Sketches for Atlas eclipticalis
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Title
Sketches for Atlas eclipticalis
Collection
John Cage Music Manuscript Collection
Names
Cage, John (Composer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1961
Library Location
Music Division
Shelf locator: JPB 94-24 Folder 965 Originals
Subjects
Cage, John -- Manuscripts
Manuscripts, Musical
Musical sketches
Astronomy
Aleatory music
Orchestral music
Genres
Notes
Numbering: Irregular pagination: Contains grouping of instruments ([4] p.), star chart tracings (p. 1-4, 262-264, 285-288, 293-296), and superimposition of music staves on star tracings (p. 75-76). At top of p. 293: timpani 3.
Language: Graphic notation.
Physical Description
Extent: [21] leaves ; 28 x 44 cm.
Holograph in ink with emendations in black and blue pencil.
Signed in pencil at bottom of p. 76.
Abstract
The composition means involved chance operations together with the placing of transparent templates on the pages of an astronomical atlas and inscribing the positions of stars. (Cf. Notes on compositions II, in John Cage: Writer / Kostelanetz.)
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG95-C307
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12590859
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7147a250-29af-0133-cf99-60f81dd2b63c
Rights
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MLA format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Sketches for Atlas eclipticalis" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1961. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7147a250-29af-0133-cf99-60f81dd2b63c
APA format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1961). Sketches for Atlas eclipticalis Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7147a250-29af-0133-cf99-60f81dd2b63c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Sketches for Atlas eclipticalis" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7147a250-29af-0133-cf99-60f81dd2b63c
Wikipedia citation
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