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Anarchic Societies of Sounds (Paperback)
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Anarchic Societies of Sounds (Paperback)
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John Cage (1912--1992) is probably best known for works that
challenge the fundamental definition of music---for example, his
groundbreaking 4'33." In the last six years of his life, however,
Cage wrote 48 compositions now known as the Number Pieces---works,
usually scored for conventional Western instruments, that often
contained precisely defined pitches. Each performer in one of these
pieces performs his or her music in a strict order, but the actual
start- and stop-times for each musical event vary because of Cage's
notational system called "time brackets." While the time-bracket
system ensured that the total time for a performance would always
remain the same, it allowed sufficient flexibility to the
performers in the spirit of Cage's indeterminate aesthetic--- the
brackets made the music became, in his words, "earthquake proof."
This book offers an overview of the series, an exploration of
sources and compositional process, an analytical discussion of
selected works, a contextual inquiry into the works with respect to
Cage's interests in American anarchistic traditions, and a
concluding discussion that considers aspects of reception and
historiography.
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