The Cambridge Companion to John Cage

The Cambridge Companion to

JOHN CAGE
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edited by
David Nicholls

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Cambridge University Press 2002

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First published 2002
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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data
The Cambridge companion to John Cage / edited by David Nicholls.
p. cm. – (Cambridge companions to music)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0 521 78348 8 (hb.) – ISBN 0 521 78968 0 (pb.)
1. Cage, John – Criticism and interpretation. I. Nicholls, David, 1955 – II. Series.
ML410.C24 C36 2002
780 .92–dc21
[B] 2001052401
ISBN 0 521 78348 8 hardback
ISBN 0 521 78968 0 paperback

Contents

List of illustrations [page vi]
Notes on contributors [vii]
Preface [ix]
Acknowledgements [xi]
Chronology [xii]
Part I . Aesthetic contexts
1 Cage and America David Nicholls [3]
2 Cage and Europe Christopher Shultis [20]
3 Cage and Asia: history and sources David W. Patterson [41]
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Part II . Sounds, words, images
Music I: to the late 1940s David W. Bernstein [63]
Words and writings David W. Patterson [85]
Towards infinity: Cage