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Albert Behar is the Sackners' grandson. This work is stored in the Albert Behar Archive box.This work is an 80th birthday gift for Marvin Sackner. It consists of a drawing of a music score that can be performed by voice or accordion as the intensity and timing of expiration and inspiration with an 1/8th note duration. In his letter, Albert Behar concludes that these 'two-way rhythms' ..."are based on panting patterns in the breath and can be played on the accordion, which, I realised is a giant musical lung!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.