** condition: Like New ** The score of Veriations VIII illustrates this rare 4"x8" invitation card for a John Cage tour of Germany with exhibitions and concerts in April/May 1978. Untouched copy.
"5 April-May 1978. Ensemble Musica Negativa (Rainer Riehn, director, with guest musician Ursula Ubbelohde) toured with travelling exhibition of artworks and scores by Cage (including Not Wanting to Say Anything about Marcel and Seven-Day Diary: Not Knowing); they performed Variations VIII (Heinz-Klaus Metzger, Rainer Riehn, Wilhelm Schulz), Credo in Us, Fontana Mix with Concert for Piano and Orchestra and Song Books, Living Room Music, Music for Marcel Duchamp, Music Walk, Water Music; stations included Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein (Josef Haubrich-Hof 1) (5-7 April; 6 April, evening, public rehearsal; 7 April, evening, first performance of Variations VIII, revised version); Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall (Ostwall 7) (9-11 April, concert 9 April, evening); Frankfurt am Main, Hessischer Rundfunk/Städelsches Kunstinstitut (14-16 April); Bochum, Museum Bochum (Kortumstraße 147) (19-21 April, concert 21 April, evening); Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg (Bismarckstraße 97) (23-25 April, concert 23 April, evening); Heidelberg, Heidelberger Kunstverein (28-30 April); Mannheim (early May); Essen, Museum Folkwang (Bismarckstraße 64-68) (10-13 May, concert 10 May, evening); Saarbrücken, Musik im 20. Jahrhundert (May, exhibition in Saarbrücker Sender, Foyer)"