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* Barbara Rose, ''Not wanting to say anything about Marcel'' [1970], Milan: Galleria Schwarz, 1971, 4 pp, [http://continuo-docs.tumblr.com/post/89036297552/ JPGs]. (in Italian/French/English) | * Barbara Rose, ''Not wanting to say anything about Marcel'' [1970], Milan: Galleria Schwarz, 1971, 4 pp, [http://continuo-docs.tumblr.com/post/89036297552/ JPGs]. (in Italian/French/English) | ||
* Michael Nyman, ''Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond'', New York: Schirmer Books, 1974, 154 pp; 2nd ed., foreword Brian Eno, Cambridge University Press, 1999, 196 pp, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=617 Log]. | * Michael Nyman, ''Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond'', New York: Schirmer Books, 1974, 154 pp; 2nd ed., foreword Brian Eno, Cambridge University Press, 1999, 196 pp, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=617 Log]. | ||
+ | * James Pritchett, ''The Music of John Cage'', Cambridge University Press, 1993, 223 pp, [http://rosewhitemusic.com/piano/writings/introduction-music-john-cage/ Introduction]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=riHo22Hi8QAC&printsec=frontcover] [http://www.cambridge.org/no/academic/subjects/music/twentieth-century-and-contemporary-music/music-john-cage] Reviews: [http://www.jstor.org/stable/833477 Haskins] (1996), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/746027 Bernstein] (1996), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3052735 Brooks] (1997). | ||
* William Fetterman, ''John Cage's Theatre Pieces: Notations and Performances'', Harwood Academic, 1996; Routledge, 2010, [http://cdn.anonfiles.com/1404343874732.pdf PDF]. | * William Fetterman, ''John Cage's Theatre Pieces: Notations and Performances'', Harwood Academic, 1996; Routledge, 2010, [http://cdn.anonfiles.com/1404343874732.pdf PDF]. | ||
* David W. Bernstein, Christopher Hatch (eds.), ''Writings through John Cage's Music, Poetry, and Art'', University of Chicago Press, 2001, 310 pp, [[Media:Bernstein_David_W_Hatch_Christopher_eds_Writings_through_John_Cages_Music_Poetry_and_Art.pdf|PDF]]. | * David W. Bernstein, Christopher Hatch (eds.), ''Writings through John Cage's Music, Poetry, and Art'', University of Chicago Press, 2001, 310 pp, [[Media:Bernstein_David_W_Hatch_Christopher_eds_Writings_through_John_Cages_Music_Poetry_and_Art.pdf|PDF]]. | ||
− | * Kyle Gann, ''No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4'33"'', Yale University Press, 2010, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=ccf4642e1b386887343e66df2b246b7d PDF]. | + | * Kyle Gann, ''No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4'33"'', Yale University Press, 2010, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=ccf4642e1b386887343e66df2b246b7d PDF]. Review: [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/amm/summary/v028/28.4.joseph.html Joseph] (2010). |
+ | * Peter Jaeger, ''John Cage and Buddhist Ecopoetics: John Cage and the Performance of Nature'', Bloomsbury, 2013, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=3fdc226d6624a776d24933a93e6585d1 EPUB]. | ||
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+ | ; Biographies | ||
+ | * David Revill, ''The Roaring Silence: John Cage, a Life'', New York: Arcade, 1992, 375 pp; 2nd ed., rev., Skyhorse, 2014, 384 pp. [http://books.google.com/books?id=ORbnBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover] Reviews: [http://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n01/paul-driver/chancer Driver] (1993), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3052735 Brooks] (1997). | ||
+ | * David Nicholls, ''John Cage'', University of Illinois Press, 2007, 144 pp. [http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/49ctp3te9780252032158.html] Review: [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/not/summary/v065/65.1.perry.html Perry] (2008). | ||
* Kenneth Silverman, ''Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage'', New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=a02b3415fbac06b4178016d0ed7d1004 EPUB]. | * Kenneth Silverman, ''Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage'', New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=a02b3415fbac06b4178016d0ed7d1004 EPUB]. | ||
− | * | + | * Rob Haskins, ''John Cage'', London: Reaktion Books, 2012, 180 pp. [http://books.google.com/books?id=id7zFYTtEfQC&printsec=frontcover] [http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/J/bo13236322.html] Reviews: [http://ml.oxfordjournals.org/content/94/4/715.extract Delaere] (2013), [http://www.classical.net/music/books/reviews/186189905Xa.php Sealey] (2013), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/americanmusic.32.1.0115 Shultis] (2014). |
; Bibliography | ; Bibliography |
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John Cage at the Cabrillo Music Festival, 1977, photographed by Betty Freeman. | |
Born | September 5, 1912 |
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Died | August 12, 1992 | (aged 79)
Web | UbuWeb Sound, Aaaaarg, Wikipedia, Open Library, Using "Academia.edu" as base chain is not permitted during the annotation process. |
John Milton Cage, Jr. (1912–1992) 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.
Contents
Recordings
Films
Writings
- Silence: Lectures and Writings, Wesleyan University Press, 1961, Log, ARG, IA; 50th anniv.ed., Wesleyan, 2011, PDF.
- A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings, Wesleyan University Press, 1969, Log, ARG, OL.
- Notations, New York: Something Else Press, 1969, Log, ARG.
- Song Books (Solos for Voice 3-92), 3 vols., New York: Henmar Press, 1970, Log.
- M: Writings ’67-’72, Wesleyan University Press, 1973, 217 pp, Log, ARG.
- Empty Words: Writings ’73-’78, Wesleyan University Press, 1979, 187 pp, Log, ARG.
- X: Writings ’78-’82, Wesleyan University Press, 1983, 187 pp, Log, ARG.
- Bibliography
Catalogues
- Scores and Prints, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1982, 6 pp, IA.
Interviews
- Richard Kostelanetz, Conversing with Cage, Routledge, 1987; 2nd ed., 2003, Log.
- Richard Kostelanetz, "His Own Music: Ur-Conversation with John Cage", Perspectives of New Music 25:1/2 (Winter-Summer 1987), pp 88-106, & 26:1 (Winter 1988), pp 26-49, ARG/1, ARG/2.
- with Joan Retallack, Musicage: Cage Muses on Words, Art, Music, Wesleyan University Press, 1996, Log, ARG.
- Peter Dickinson (ed.), CageTalk: Dialogues with and about John Cage, University of Rochester Press, 2006, Log, ARG.
Documentaries
- John Cage: From Zero, dir. Andrew Culver and Frank Scheffer, 85 min, 1995, YouTube.
- In The Ocean, dir. Frank Scheffer, 54 min, 2001, YouTube.
- More
Literature
- Barbara Rose, Not wanting to say anything about Marcel [1970], Milan: Galleria Schwarz, 1971, 4 pp, JPGs. (in Italian/French/English)
- Michael Nyman, Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond, New York: Schirmer Books, 1974, 154 pp; 2nd ed., foreword Brian Eno, Cambridge University Press, 1999, 196 pp, Log.
- James Pritchett, The Music of John Cage, Cambridge University Press, 1993, 223 pp, Introduction. [1] [2] Reviews: Haskins (1996), Bernstein (1996), Brooks (1997).
- William Fetterman, John Cage's Theatre Pieces: Notations and Performances, Harwood Academic, 1996; Routledge, 2010, PDF.
- David W. Bernstein, Christopher Hatch (eds.), Writings through John Cage's Music, Poetry, and Art, University of Chicago Press, 2001, 310 pp, PDF.
- Kyle Gann, No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4'33", Yale University Press, 2010, PDF. Review: Joseph (2010).
- Peter Jaeger, John Cage and Buddhist Ecopoetics: John Cage and the Performance of Nature, Bloomsbury, 2013, EPUB.
- Biographies
- David Revill, The Roaring Silence: John Cage, a Life, New York: Arcade, 1992, 375 pp; 2nd ed., rev., Skyhorse, 2014, 384 pp. [3] Reviews: Driver (1993), Brooks (1997).
- David Nicholls, John Cage, University of Illinois Press, 2007, 144 pp. [4] Review: Perry (2008).
- Kenneth Silverman, Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010, EPUB.
- Rob Haskins, John Cage, London: Reaktion Books, 2012, 180 pp. [5] [6] Reviews: Delaere (2013), Sealey (2013), Shultis (2014).
- Bibliography
Links
- http://johncage.org
- A John Cage Compendium, ed. Paul van Emmerik, with Herbert Henck and András Wilheim. Contains a chronology of Cage’s life; catalogues of music, text, and art by Cage; a bibliography; and lists of sources, recordings and films.
- http://www.newalbion.com/artists/cagej/
- http://exhibitions.nypl.org/johncage/