Cornelius Cardew’s Treatise Score
Ubuweb just posted the full musical score by Cornelius Cardew for his Treatise piece. Download the score here. Stunningly beautiful.
from Ubu: Treatise is a graphic musical score comprising 193 pages of lines, symbols, and various geometric or abstract shapes that eschew conventional musical notation. Implicit in the title is a reference to the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, which was of particular inspiration to Cardew in composing the work. The score neither contains nor is accompanied by any explicit instruction to the performers in how to perform the work. Cardew worked on the composition from 1963 to 1967…. Read more…
Michael — November 2, 2011 @ 8:07 pm
Oh wow! Ubuweb link doesn’t seem to work anymore. Any chance you have the score in a .pdf or know where I can find it?
Etje — March 13, 2012 @ 7:45 am
It’s a shame that Ubu took the link away or at least it’s not working. Would appreciate immensely if possible to share it?
nathalie — November 19, 2012 @ 7:37 pm
yeah what a shame! did anyone come across it and would like to share?