Silence

Silence: lectures and writings

by Cage, John

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Special edition of the book that revolutionized our understanding of how we make and experience art.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Silence : lectures and writings / by John Cage ; [with foreword by Kyle Gann].

Summary

Special edition of the book that revolutionized our understanding of how we make and experience art.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011
  • Edition:50th anniversary ed

Publication Statements

Notes

"First printing, 1961, Wesleyan paperback, 1973."

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xii, 276 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780819571779, 0819571776
  • oclc:ocn794491328
  • LC Classification:ML60.C13
  • Dewey Decimal:780

Table of Contents

Foreword to 50th anniversary edition / Kyle Gann -- The future of music : credo -- Experimental music -- Experimental music : doctrine -- Composition as process. I. Changes ; II. Indeterminacy ; III. Communication -- Composition. To describe the process of composition used in music of changes and imaginary landscape no. 4 ; To describe the process of composition used in music for piano 21-52 -- Forerunners of modern music -- History of experimental music in the United States -- Erik Satie -- Edgard Varèse -- Four statements on the dance. Goal : new music, new dance ; Grace and clarity ; In this day -- ; 2 pages, 122 words on music and dance -- On Robert Rauschenberg, artist, and his work -- Lecture on nothing -- Lecture on something -- 45' for a speaker -- Where are we going? and What are we doing? -- Indeterminacy -- Music lovers' field companion.

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