Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Petr Kotik <>]

Title: Re: [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Perloff on Cage/Cunningham

I am not sure if Cage put this in writing. He said that following a performance of Song Books at June in Buffalo in 1975.
PK


On 6/21/11 10:49 PM, "Joseph Zitt" <> wrote:

> This sounds like an echo of Cage's statement from A Year From Monday: "Permission granted. But not to do whatever you want."
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Jared Steward <> wrote:
> > Yes, Thanks for the interesting discussion! I was wondering about Petr Kotik's comment:
> > 3.     Cage’s music is all about discipline, which he once defined as -- you “don’t do what you want but anything goes.”
> >  
> > Do you have a source for that quote? I'd love to read whatever else Cage was thinking on that subject. 
> >
> > thanks,
> > Jared
> >
> > On Jun 20, 2011, at 5:23 AM, Stefano Pocci wrote:
> >
> > >  Thanks for all these emails which provided certain information on a bunch of yet-unfathomed (by me) Cage related arguments. It proves how much he's still alive today!
> > >  
> > >  Thank you Rob for addressing your books which look very promising on the anarchy issue.
> > >