John Cage
Issue 390
August 2016
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News
Complete edition of John Cage's Diary to be published
Complete edition of John Cage's Diary to be published
The first complete edition of John Cage's Diary: How To Improve The World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) will be published by Siglo Press.
Columns
Graphic scores: from the symbolic to the indexical
March 2015
"Today it’s almost impossible to think of music as anything other than immediately audiovisual." Robert Barry reads between the lines at a new exhibition about graphic scores
News
Pauline Oliveros's Tudorfest 1964 released on CD
Pauline Oliveros's Tudorfest 1964 released on CD
Recordings of performances from David Tudor curated festival to be released by New World, with John Cage, Morton Subotnik and more
News
John Cage's 4'33" released as an app
John Cage's 4'33" released as an app
The legendary composer's most legendary composition released as (not yet legendary) app, so we can all perform the masterpiece.
Book Extract
Read an excerpt from David Grubbs's Records Ruin The Landscape
February 2014
What does it mean to describe a recording as being of a moment in which it did not circulate? Asks Grubbs, on Henry Flynt's unrecorded and recorded output.
News
John Cage's Variations V released on DVD
John Cage's Variations V released on DVD
Footage of a John Cage piece in which dancers triggered sound via 12 antennas built by Robert Moog, has been released on DVD.
Columns
Composers Anonymous: Tickling The Ivories
April 2013
In his latest column, Philip Clark asks whether the piano is still relevant – have things dropped off since Debussy, Ravel and Janáček?
News
John Cage Wire Primer talk in Brussels
John Cage Wire Primer talk in Brussels
Louise Gray gives a talk in Brussels on 19 April, based around her Primer article on John Cage.
News
John Cage & David Tudor 1962 Japan concerts to be released
John Cage & David Tudor 1962 Japan concerts to be released
Em records is releasing a series of live concerts performed by John Cage and David Tudor in Japan in October 1962. None of the recordings, made...
News
Free103point9 open call for submissions: 120 Hours For John Cage
Free103point9 open call for submissions: 120 Hours For John Cage
Free103point9 and the John Cage Trust have opened a call for broadcast submissions looking at John Cage's compositions for radio. Selected...
Video
Off The Page 2011: Ken Hollings on the legacy of John Cage
January 2012
Ken Hollings discusses the post-Cageian universe at Off The Page 2011, which took place 11–13 February in Whitstable.
News
Mattin, Michael Pisaro, and Radu Malfatti contribute to new journal of experimental music
Mattin, Michael Pisaro, and Radu Malfatti contribute to new journal of experimental music
A new annual journal of experimental music has launched, titled Tacet . The first issue is themed around the question: Who is John Cage? and...
News
Spectrum XXI
Spectrum XXI
The sixth edition of The International Festival Of Spectral Music will be held in four different cities in Europe. Music by Ana-Maria Avram,...
Issue 324
February 2011
News
Another Timbre: Silence And After 1
Another Timbre: Silence And After 1
With 2011 seeing the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of John Cage’s book Silence , Another Timbre is currently releasing a series of CDs...
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