Library Item: 136704918
Silence; lectures and writings
1961
Two copies. Second copy includes bookplate from previous owner (LeHardy?) and has some underlining in pen.;Lectures and writings by John Cage.
Contents:
Foreword --
Manifesto --
The future of music: credo --
Experimental music --
Experimental music: doctrine --
Composition as process --
Composition --
Forerunners of modern music --
History of experimental music in the United States --
Erik Satie --
Edgar 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 overs' field companion.
Contents:
Foreword --
Manifesto --
The future of music: credo --
Experimental music --
Experimental music: doctrine --
Composition as process --
Composition --
Forerunners of modern music --
History of experimental music in the United States --
Erik Satie --
Edgar 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 overs' field companion.
Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University Press [1961]
CAG Sil
0819560286
9780819560285
9780819560285
8 x 7 x 0.87 inches
Gift of Beverly Plummer