This page lists all recordings of lecture on nothing by john cage 191292. If a speaker says nothing then it is not the case that her silence. Thli following text was delivered as a talk at a meeting of a seattle am societv. The score of the lecture can be understood as a reaction to one of the most momentous cuts in twentieth centurys media history. John cage, lecture on nothing this essay will address john cages inclusive desire to allow room for silence in both his musical compositions and his written.
Modern music sevenths, always, all, fascinated me the seconds, with all its modern intervals. John cage s music actually seems to me to be the closest and most intimate music that could ever exist. John cage and richard kostelanetz interview date 197475. John cage is the outstanding composer of avantgarde music today. The text in john cage s lecture on nothing is composed of four measures per line and twelve lines per unit. Hier kaufen oder eine gratis kindle leseapp herunterladen. John cage silence lectures and writings, 50th anniversary. John cage published by wesleyan university press john cage. Lecture on nothing 109 lecture on something f 128 45 for a speaker 146 where are we going. T hough its origins go back more than a decade earlier to a talk he gave in new york, john cage s lecture on nothing was included in his first and most important collection of writings, silence.
John cage lecture on nothing moscow, russia tv 1992 1992. The visualization of john cages lecture on nothing. Crazymaking a pdf version would at least be possible to mark up using the. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and nonstandard use of musical instruments, cage. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. John cage s lecture on nothing is one of his early, legendarily forbidding speeches first held in 1950. Google scholar persuasively argues that john cage s 4. Pdf the present article examines the connection between cages politics and aesthetics, demonstrating how his formal. John cage s music actually seems to me to be the closest and most intimate music that could ever. Pdf 4 33 john cages utopia of music 4 33 researchgate. Cage possesses one of the rarest qualities of the true creator that of an original mind and whether that originality pleases, irritates, amuses or outrages is irrelevant.
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