Silence: Lectures and Writings
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Silence: Lectures and Writings is a seminal collection of essays, lectures, and experimental texts by composer John Cage that explores his radical ideas on sound, chance, and the nature of music and art.
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| Silence: Lectures and Writings canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New York School (music)
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avant-garde ⓘ |
| author | John Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralIdea |
blurring boundary between music and noise
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redefinition of music as organized sound ⓘ role of silence in music ⓘ use of chance operations in composition ⓘ |
| containsForm |
essays
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experimental texts ⓘ lectures ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs | seminal work of 20th-century music aesthetics ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetics
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experimental literature ⓘ music theory ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780819560284 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Composition as Process
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Experimental Music ⓘ History of Experimental Music in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Indeterminacy NERFINISHED ⓘ Lecture on Nothing NERFINISHED ⓘ Lecture on Something ⓘ |
| influenced |
conceptual art
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contemporary classical music ⓘ performance art ⓘ sound art ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
artists
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musicians ⓘ scholars of music and art ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
articulating John Cage's aesthetic ideas
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influence on experimental music ⓘ |
| pageCount | 276 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | Wesleyan University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
avant-garde art
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chance operations ⓘ composition ⓘ experimental music ⓘ music ⓘ performance ⓘ philosophy of art ⓘ silence NERFINISHED ⓘ sound ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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