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Postcard Compositions I & II

Opus 11
1969-70

Published Pages no. 2, 1971
Reprinted in Scratch Music Anthology (ed. Cornelius Cardew)
Latimer Press, 1972

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Postcard Compositions no. 1 (recto)

Postcard Compositions no. 2 (verso)

Postcard Compositions No. 1 was unwittingly first performed by Paul Cézanne in 1873

Opus XI, No. 1 : Buy a postcard. Assume that it depicts the performance of a piece. Deduce the rules of the piece. Perform it.

Opus XI, No. 2 : Buy two postcards. Assume that they depict performances of the same piece. Perform it.