Documentary monograph on the work of John Cage. Edited by Richard Kostelanetz. General editor: Paul Cummings. Texts by John Cage, Richard Kostelanetz, Ellsworth J. Snyder, Richard Barnes, Pence James, Virgil Thomson, Henry Cowell, Al Hansen, Dore Ashton, Richard Teitelbaum, Edward Downes, Jill Johnston, Eric Salzman, Ninette Lyon, Michael Zwerin, Daniel Charles, and Barbara Rose. ... [details]
"'A serious philosophical intelligence, Cage continually relates life to ideas, and vice versa,' writes arts critic Richard Kostelanetz in his introduction to selected readings by and about the pioneer avant-garde composer. ... [details]