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title: "Cardew’s Treatise: the greatest musical score ever designed"
date: 2022-11-28T20:31:00+00:00
author: John Henry Donovan
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28th November, 2022

# Cardew’s Treatise: The Greatest Musical Score Ever Designed

Great [article](https://davidhall.io/treatise-score-graphic-notation/) from David Hall on Cornelius Cardew’s graphic musical score ​‘Treatise’.

![A grayscale image of a man in a suit with a colored silhouette of teal, yellow, and green circles behind his head. Abstract lines and musical notes are drawn in the background. The man looks forward with a neutral expression.](data:image/png;base64,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)

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