LEADER 03273nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910463119503321 005 20211028203550.0 010 $a1-299-46388-6 010 $a0-300-16301-0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300163018 035 $a(CKB)2670000000335036 035 $a(OCoLC)841172503 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10687906 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860554 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11479409 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860554 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10914068 035 $a(PQKB)10595898 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421154 035 $a(DE-B1597)486243 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300163018 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3421154 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10687906 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL477638 035 $a(OCoLC)923602476 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000335036 100 $a20090729d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNo such thing as silence$b[electronic resource] $eJohn Cage's 4'33" /$fKyle Gann 210 $aNew Haven [Conn.] $cYale University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 225 1 $aIcons of America 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-13699-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references, discography, and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tONE 4'33" at First Listening --$tTWO The Man: 1912-1949 --$tTHREE Dramatis Personae (Predecessors and Influences --$tFOUR The Path to 4'33": 1946 to 1952 --$tFIVE The Piece and Its Notations --$tSIX The Legacy --$tAPPENDIX 4'33" Discography --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aFirst performed at the midpoint of the twentieth century, John Cage's 4'33", a composition conceived of without a single musical note, is among the most celebrated and ballyhooed cultural gestures in the history of modern music. A meditation on the act of listening and the nature of performance, Cage's controversial piece became the iconic statement of the meaning of silence in art and is a landmark work of American music.In this book, Kyle Gann, one of the nation's leading music critics, explains 4'33" as a unique moment in American culture and musical composition. Finding resemblances and resonances of 4'33" in artworks as wide-ranging as the paintings of the Hudson River School and the music of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, he provides much-needed cultural context for this fundamentally challenging and often misunderstood piece. Gann also explores Cage's craft, describing in illuminating detail the musical, philosophical, and even environmental influences that informed this groundbreaking piece of music. Having performed 4'33" himself and as a composer in his own right, Gann offers the reader both an expert's analysis and a highly personal interpretation of Cage's most divisive work. 410 0$aIcons of America. 606 $aActing 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aActing. 676 $a784.18/9 700 $aGann$b Kyle$0959944 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463119503321 996 $aNo such thing as silence$92441878 997 $aUNINA