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| − | '''John | + | '''John Milton Cage Jr.''' (5 September 1912 – 12 August 1992) was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. |
==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
| − | * [ | + | ; By Cage |
| − | * [ | + | * ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=1014 Silence: Lectures and Writings]'', Wesleyan University Press, 1961. |
| − | * [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=5948 | + | * ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=2165 A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings], Wesleyan University Press, 1969. |
| − | ; | + | * ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=5948 Notations]'', New York: Something Else Press, 1969. |
| − | * | + | |
| − | * [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=4092 | + | ; Book interviews |
| − | * [http://monoskop.org/log/?p= | + | * Richard Kostelanetz, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=4822 Conversing with Cage]'', Routledge, 1987; 2nd ed., 2003. |
| − | * | + | * with Joan Retallack, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=4092 Musicage: Cage Muses on Words, Art, Music]'', Wesleyan University Press, 1996. |
| − | * Kenneth Silverman, ''Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage'', 2010 | + | * Peter Dickinson (ed.), ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=1364 CageTalk: Dialogues with and about John Cage]'', University of Rochester Press, 2006. |
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| + | ; On Cage | ||
| + | * Michael Nyman, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=617 ''Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond]'', 1974; 2nd ed., 1999. | ||
| + | * Kenneth Silverman, ''Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage'', 2010. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* http://exhibitions.nypl.org/johncage/ | * http://exhibitions.nypl.org/johncage/ | ||
* http://cagecomp.home.xs4all.nl/ | * http://cagecomp.home.xs4all.nl/ | ||
Revision as of 13:21, 30 January 2014
John Milton Cage Jr. (5 September 1912 – 12 August 1992) was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde.
Literature
- By Cage
- Silence: Lectures and Writings, Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
- A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings, Wesleyan University Press, 1969.
- Notations, New York: Something Else Press, 1969.
- Book interviews
- Richard Kostelanetz, Conversing with Cage, Routledge, 1987; 2nd ed., 2003.
- with Joan Retallack, Musicage: Cage Muses on Words, Art, Music, Wesleyan University Press, 1996.
- Peter Dickinson (ed.), CageTalk: Dialogues with and about John Cage, University of Rochester Press, 2006.
- On Cage
- Michael Nyman, Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond, 1974; 2nd ed., 1999.
- Kenneth Silverman, Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage, 2010.
