Research Catalog
The music of John Cage
- Title
- The music of John Cage / James Pritchett.
- Author
- Pritchett, James.
- Publication
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 223 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- Music in the twentieth century
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. "For more new sounds" (1933-1948). Prelude: Cage's compositional studies. Percussion ensembles. The prepared piano -- 2. "To sober and quiet the mind ..." (1946-1951). The sources of a new style. Changes in style and aesthetic. From choice to chance -- 3. "Throwing sound into silence" (1951-1956). Changes in aesthetic. Chart systems. Point-drawing systems. "The Ten Thousand Things" -- 4. Indeterminacy (1957-1961). Sources of indeterminacy. New notations. Musical tools -- 5. "Music (not composition)" (1962-1969). Changes in Cage's life and work in the 1960's. Process and action. Electronics. Simultaneity, abundance, and anarchy -- 6. "Joy and bewilderment" (1969-1992). Return to composition. Work in other media. Program music. Instrumental music.
- Call Number
- JNF 94-121
- ISBN
- 0521416213 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 92044525 /MN
- OCLC
- 27147073
- NYPG94-B23699
- Author
- Pritchett, James.
- Title
- The music of John Cage / James Pritchett.
- Imprint
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
- Series
- Music in the twentieth century
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JNF 94-121