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The Prepared Piano Music of John Cage: Towards an Understanding of Sounds and Preparations
No full textThe subject for this thesis is the prepared piano music of John Cage with particular attention focussed on the preparations that create the varying sonic pallets in this music. The thesis is divided into six chapters, each chapter fulfilling one of two tasks. Firstly they will provide for pianists an examination of ways in which Cage‟s instructions in the scores for preparing the piano can be interpreted, and it will highlight the difficulties that become apparent (and should be considered) when performing Cage‟s prepared piano music. The second function to be fulfilled will be to musicologists who wish to trace the development of Cage‟s prepared piano music with relation to his later chance determined music.
Chapter one traces the historical and aesthetic influences that were relevant to Cage in the creation of the prepared piano, and places it in an historical context.
Chapter two looks at John Cage‟s compositions for prepared piano and provide a thorough inventory of John Cage‟s prepared piano pieces. Chapter two also examines the possibilities for making suggestions for the recreation of Cage‟s preparations.
Chapter three examines the physical relationships between piano, strings and preparations.
Chapter four analyses the solo prepared piano pieces and highlights the compositional techniques that Cage used in the composition of the prepared piano pieces.
Chapter five looks at the reasoning for performer choice in relation to ambiguity discussed in chapter three
Chapter six explores the six movement work The Perilous Night, and uses it as a case study to identify and explain all of the issues discussed within this thesis
From 0 John Cage
No full textThis program provides a unique opportunity to see the late composer, John Cage, discuss favorite subjects such as harmony, chance, and the purpose of music. Cage recounts biographical anecdotes and describe the influence of Marcel Duchamp, Finnegans Wake, and Zen Buddhism on his compositions.Comments by John Cage ; music performed by the Ives Ensemble. Camera, Joost van Gelder ... [et al.] ; editor, Jan Wouter van Reijen
John Cage e a poética do silêncio
Full text linkTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-graduação em LiteraturaEsta tese se propõe a analisar o silêncio a partir da obra de John Cage (especialmente a literária e a musical). Esse silêncio, inicialmente compreendido por Cage como um empírico (a pausa em música), revela-se gradualmente um transcendente: não mais uma substância nem a simples ausência de som, mas um modo da ação (modo de silêncio), aparecendo como estilo, profundidade, aura, dimensão, verticalidade, densidade. Esse silêncio implica modos de percepção e temporalidade próprios, descritos aqui a partir das noções de Gelassenheit (Heidegger) e Awareness (Gestalt) e estabelecendo conexões com as noções de Invisível em Merleau-Ponty e de Nada no Zen-budismo
Interview with John Cage, part 2, March 3, 1976
No full textInterview with John Cage, part 2, featuresa conversation with composer John Cage in which Cage discusses his work, his views on the music industry and single producers, and his interpretations of quotes from various composers. The program also contains some examples of Cage‚s electroacoustic compositions, March 3, 1976
Interview with John Cage, part 1, March 3, 1976
No full textInterview with John Cage, part 1, featuresa conversation with composer John Cage in which Cage discusses his work, his views on the music industry and single producers, and his interpretations of quotes from various composers. The program also contains some examples of Cage‚s electroacoustic compositions, March 3, 1976
Letter from John Cage to Mr. John Edmunds, New York Public Library, April 23, 1960
No full textLetter from composer John Cage to Mr. John Edmunds, Music Department, New York Public Library, April 23, 1960
Letter from Oliver Daniel to John Cage, August 5, 1953
No full textA letter from American pianist, musicologist, producer, and Coordinating Manager of the American Composers Alliance, Oliver Daniel, to American composer, John Cage. The letter confirms the release of the rights to "Imaginary Landscape III" for publication by Music for Percussion
Letter from Otto Luening to John Cage, November 27, 1945
No full textA letter from American composer, conductor, and president of the American Composers Alliance (ACA), Otto Luening, to American composer John Cage. This letter, dated, November 27, 1945, contains a request from Luening for Cage to sign consent forms necessary for Cage's membership in the ACA to continue
JOHN HENDRICKSON, Piano Tuesday, February 18, 1992 8:00 p.m. Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall
No full textPresented by SyzygyProgram: Icarus / John Carbon -- The perilous night / John Cage -- Scherzo / Ellsworth Milburn -- The stone forest / Ellsworth Milburn -- Piano variations / Aaron Copland (1900-1990) -- Sinfonia / Paul Cooper
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