Library Composition

Fontana Mix

John Cage's 1958 indeterminate composition, generated from transparent overlays of points, curves, and lines.

Overlaid transparent score sheets for Fontana Mix, showing grids, dotted curves, and point patterns
Source
Type
Composition
Creator
John Cage
Year
1958
Subjects
Sound Time
Audio realization

John Cage’s 1958 indeterminate composition, its score a set of transparent sheets printed with points, curves, and grids that performers overlay and read to derive their own realization — open to any instrumentation, including tape.