SILENCE

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John Cage, leading figure of the American musical avant-garde and lecturer and writer extraordinary, dedicated himself to the search for new horizons in musical composition - an amalgam of chance operations, latitude in performance, the use of electronic sound and the inclusion of ambient noise. His aim was to increase the territory of his art, and to celebrate the richness of life.
Silence is a collection of some of the essays and lectures that have made John Cage's name synonymous with all that that is unpredictable and exciting in contemporary music. Outrageous they may be, but to anyone who is receptive to new ideas, to fresh and original ways of thinking they are a mine of fascinating discovery. And, as Cage fans will expect, the book also contains a wealth of handy information on collecting mushrooms, fishing through ice, etc., and many delightful anecdotes and Zen-type stories which illustrate Cage's exuberant artistic pre-occupations. For everywhere in this mighty explosion of ideas can be heard the still, small voice of the poet, telling with fervour his amazement at creation, when 'everything was given away'. (From the publisher)

«These volumes of writings show Cage's integrity over 30 years of development: the phenomenon is endlessly fascinating» (Peter Dickinson, Musical Times)
«On the ears and the eyes of the young, John Cage is probably the most influential composer of the mid-twentieth century... "Silence" is a bible for the young at heart» (Wilfred Mellers, The Guardian)

Περιεχόμενα

Foreword
Manifesto
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 Varese
Four Statements on the Dance
Coal: 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