Cornelius Cardew – Treatise
1963-67
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Treatise, Cardew’s seminal graphic score, was written between 1963 and 1967 and consists of 193 pages of lines and various shapes. Although it contains no performance instructions, Treatise was not intended to be improvised straight from the page. + - interpreted a section of the score based on a set of strategies and rules devised by Matthew Shlomowitz and Øyvind Torvund.
Joanna Bailie