Avant-Garde Music - John Cage / Kazuo Fukushima / Hisayoshi Ota

SOUND ON PAPER Music Notation in Japan

New York: Japan House Gallery, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Stapled 4to. 29 pp. Cover design by Kiyoshi Kanai. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Japan House Gallery in the summer of 1981. Includes a preface by Hisayoshi Ota and an essay by John Cage as well as with notes on Japanese Music Notation by Kazuo Fukushima, Pages 11 through 29 detail the 75 examples of Japanese music notation from the exhibit from the traditional to the contemporary. All text other than the illustrated wrap-around covers. Some light soiling to covers. Internally clean and unmarked. A verygood example overall of this scarce catalog. Very Good. Item #30693

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