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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816874703321

Autore

Cage John

Titolo

Musicage : Cage muses on words art music / / John Cage ; Joan Retallack, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , [1996]

©1996

ISBN

0-8195-7186-5

0-585-37883-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (411 p.)

Disciplina

780.92

Soggetti

Composers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Conversations in Retrospect; I. WORDS; Art Is Either a Complaint or Do Something Else; Cage's Loft, New York City: September 6-7, 1990; II. VISUAL ART; Cage's Loft, New York City: October 21-23, 1991; III. MUSIC; Cage's Loft, New York City: July 15-17, 1992; July 18, 1992; July 30, 1992; Appendixes; A. Selected Cage Computer Programs; B. Mesostic Introduction to The First Meeting of the Satie Society; C. Writing through Ulysses (Muoyce II). Typescript Page from Part 17 based on the ""Nighttown"" section of Ulysses

D. Excerpts from Manuscript and Score of Two[sup(6)] (1992)E. Notated Time Bracket Sheets for Thirteen (1992), Pages 14, 15, 16; F. Writing through Ulysses (Muoyce II), Part 5; G. IC Supply Sheet Marked by Cage with Red, Blue, and Black Pencils; H. Excerpts from Score for Europera 5; I. Europera 5 at MOMA; J. Letter Outlining Plans for Noh-opera; K. Notated Time Bracket Sheets for 58 (1992), Pages 2 and 4; L. Project for Hanau Squatters; M. First Page of One[sup(8)] (1991); N. First Page of Ten (1991), Violin 1; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

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Sommario/riassunto

The entire range of John Cage's work and thought, explored in three wide-ranging dialogues, which constitute his last unified statement on



his art.