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an anthology of innovative musical notation

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( ********The Notations 21 Anthology Project is now CLOSED to new submissions as the project is now in the hands of Mark Batty Publishers, 36 W37 Street, New York, New York. )


John Cage's Notation's is a collection of manuscripts/sketches of composers of the time that demonstrated the direction western notation was taking by presenting over 290 works of composer's contemporary works samples. My book, Notations 21 hopes to emulate the spirit of this groundbreaking work and the philosophies of John Cage nearly 40 years later, while also looking at the visual aesthetic of the composer's manuscript and the development of graphic scores.

Please consider participating in this project by sending your work to be included in this anthology. Other international contemporary composers participating include Carl Bergstrom-Neilson, Daniel Goode, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Malcolm Goldstein, Herbert Brun, Joan La Barbara, Halim El-Dabh, Earle Brown, Barry Guy, Philip Corner, Stuart Saunders Smith, Judith Zaimont, Raven Chacon, David Rosenboom, Leon Schidlowsky, Philip Corner, and over 160+ international contemporary composers are already participating.

I am going to donate a portion of any profits to the Foundation for Contemporary Performing Arts as John Cage did with his book.

If you decide to send work(s) that represent innovative/graphic notation please send it to the address below or:

Send it as an email attachment, possibly a .pdf or .jpg file that would be a high resolution 300 dpi for publication.
Please also include short biography.

Thank you very much.


Theresa Sauer
American Musicological Society
217 Dover Parkway
Stewart Manor, NY 11530
516-437-7926
FAX: 516-450-3511