Silence is a collection of essays and lectures cage wrote during the period from 1939 to 1961. I have nothing to say and i am saying it and that is poetry as i need it john cage lecture on nothing, silence, 109. Its sounds derived from star charts, the score was written for merce cunninghams dance aeon 1961, for which rauschenberg designed the costumes and sets. Premiered on august 22, 2012 at the ruhrtriennale festival, jahrhunderthalle, bochum, germany. Lecture on nothing i am here those who wish to get any moment silence is and there is nothing to say ifamong you are somewhere let them leave at what we require but what requires. John cages lecture on nothing the barbican, london 2502. Robert wilson in john cages lecture on nothing will. In a visually and acoustically inspiring homage to revolutionary composer and philosopher john cage, american theater luminary robert wilson performs lecture on nothing, one of the central texts of 20thcentury experimental literature originally delivered in 1949 by the composer himself at. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential composers of the 20th.
Established in 1948, the club was really nothing much, just a rented space where artists living in greenwich village met once a week for a discussion on art. In 1949, john cage received an award of one thousand dollars from the national academy of arts and letters, and wrote his lecture on nothing and lecture on something, both reprinted in silence 1961. This is exactly the basis for john cage s concept of 433 which despite being notated as silence still has aspects of aleatoric music in which there are different outcomes each time 433 is performed. Zac gvi performs lecture on nothing by john cage, 1961 at open file. John cage lecture on nothing 481 g 1955 g leonard michaels in the fifties 501 g 1959 g lillian ross the yellow bus 509 g 1963 g norman mailer ten thousand words a minute 529. Cage famously delivered the lecture to the 8 th street artists club, or the club, as i mentioned briefly last week. In the fore word to this book john cage explains how in. Zac gvi lecture on nothing, john cage, 1961 by openfile. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience. Cage s 1959 lecture on nothing remains a touchstone for artists thinking about how to empty their work of themselves.
Cage s lecture reflects the medial rupture as it happens not only on different levels but also, as will be shown, in different modes. Robert wilson, arts centre melbourne, august 24 robert wilson sits at a desk impassive, in whiteface while the audience files in for john cage. September 5, 1912 august 12, 1992 was an american composer, music theorist, artist, and philosopher. Since i dont really get 433, heres another piece by john cage, which also uses the silence between notes in a wonderful way. At the same time cage s seminal text lecture on nothing will be performed by poet dorothea smartt. John cage is the outstanding composer of avantgarde music today. John cage s lecture on nothing, published in his collection silence in 1961, is scored to a rigorous regularity. Uk robert wilson in john cage s lecture on nothing at the barbican in london. Cage possesses one of the rarest qualities of the true creator that of an original mind and whether that originality pleases, irritates, amuses or outrages is irrelevant. The lost origins of the essay the making of the american essay the next american essay.
Software sites tucows software library software capsules compilation shareware cdroms cdrom images zx spectrum doom level cd. Downtown poet brendan constantine performs john cages. Kodi archive and support file vintage software community software apk msdos cdrom software cdrom software library. Cage entered into such practice gradually, incrementally abandoning subjective taste and personal expression through the course of the work. A performative interpretation of john cage s lecture on nothing, written in 1949 and published as part of his book silence from 1961. Robert wilson and tilman hecker in john cage s lecture on nothing at the barbican in london. Lecture on nothing i am here those who wish to get any moment silence is and there is nothing to say ifamong you are somewhere. The next year wesleyan university press issued silence in october, which was a set of john s lectures and writings on a wide range of topics comprising the wellknown lecture on nothing. If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego.
Silence john cage published by wesleyan university press john cage. John cage biography john cage childhood, life and timeline. The entire piece is divided into five parts, comprised of 7, 6, 14, 14, 7 units. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. John cage believed that emptiness will always speak when there is a lack noise anywhere. John cage was the first composer in the history of music who raised the question by implication that maybe music could be an art form. Lectures and writings is a book by american experimental composer john cage 19121992, first published in 1961 by wesleyan university press. The work is a neat summarisation of the composers philosophy of music, as well as an application of his musical structures to a piece of prose. T hough its origins go back more than a decade earlier to a talk he gave in new york, john cage s lecture on nothing was included in his first and most important collection of writings, silence.
John cage s century one hundred years after his birth, john cage s openminded ideas about the possibilities of music and sound still inspire. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and nonstandard use of musical instruments, cage was one of the leading figures of the postwar avantgarde. John cage s concerto for prepared piano and chamber orchestra 195051 holds a unique position within the composer s oeuvre as the first work based in part on chancederived compositional procedures. The sense of disorientation yielded by this experience is probably the best possible introduction to cage s lecture on nothing, recited as part of the barbican theatres dancing for duchamp series. What john cage offers is more refreshing, more spirited, much more. Symposium, milton keynes gallery, june17th 2012 zac gvi lecture on nothing, john cage, 1961 by openfile is licensed under a creative commons license. He published silence in 1961, which included lectures and writings from the period 19391958. Silence lectures and writings by john cage book pdf, epub.
Experiencing music, summer b 2016 july 30th, 2016 word count. The text itself is repetitive and at times excruciatingly boring, dwelling in section iv on the tonic phrase if. Cage john lecture on nothing free download as pdf file. As a homage to revolutionary composer john cage, robert wilson performs cage s lecture on nothing, one of the central texts of twentiethcentury experimental literature robert wilson is one of the most significant representatives of the theatrical avantgarde, whose landmark einstein on the beach was recreated at the barbican in 2012. John cage silence lectures and writings, 50th anniversary. Uk robert wilson in john cages lecture on nothing at the. The visualization of john cages lecture on nothing on vimeo. In the fore word to this book john cage explains how in writing those two fundamen. These are extracts from the 50th anniversary edition of silence. This performance was done at the diego rivera gallery in san francisco, as part of the show i have nothing to say and im saying it curated by aaron david kissman, on april 2015. The piece 433 written by john cage, is possibly the most famous and important piece in twentieth century avantgarde. It has just reappeared in a 50th anniversary edition of cage s classic first book, silence. As a homage to revolutionary composer john cage, robert wilson performs cage s lecture on nothing, one of the central texts of twentiethcentury experimental literature. But one must see that humanity and nature, not separate, are in this world together, that nothing was lost when everything was given away.
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