Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Rob Haskins <>]

Hi Jared,

Welcome to non-lurk status. :) 

Here are my top 5 Cage books, not in any order

1. The Cambridge Companion to John Cage ed. David Nicholls

2. John Cage: An Anthology, ed. Richard Kostelanetz

3. James Pritchett, The Music of John Cage

4. Conversing with Cage, ed. Richard Kostelantetz

5. Musicage (John Cage and Joan Retallack)

I second Stefano's rec. of For the Birds.

For recordings:

1. Sonatas and Interludes (Mode Records) prf. by Philipp Vandré

2. Complete short works for prepared piano (Mode Records) prf. by Philipp Vandré

3. Europeras 3 & 4 (Mode Records), Long Beach Opera

4. The Perilous Night (New Albion Records), prf. by Margaret Leng Tan

5. Song Books, Solo 58 (Other Minds), prf. by Amelia Cuni

6. Diary: How to Improve the World (You Can Only Make Matters Worse) (Wergo), prf. John Cage

7. Empty Words, Part 3 (Ampere), performed by John Cage

8. Atlas Eclipticalis (Asphodel), prf. Czech Philharmonic cnd. by Petr Kotik

9. Roaratorio (Mode), prf. John Cage and others

10. Fourteen (Mode), prf. Stephen Drury and Callithumpian Consort

So many others, but that's a good start. If you buy my book when it comes out in 2012, there's a select discography there.

Cheers,

Rob

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Jared Steward <> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I thought I'd start with an introduction, since I've been a "lurker" on this for the past year or so. First of all, I'm a little envious of those of you who knew Cage personally, since I actually didn't learn about him until college in the early to mid 90s when it was too late to meet him!  I'm a percussionist and hope to learn as much as I can about John Cage and his circle of friends and associates. As part of that goal, I've started a web "museum" called Cageum, where I'm putting YouTube clips, audio and other things I've found regarding the subject. If you're interested, the link is below.

The reason I really wanted to write, is because I'd like to expand my library regarding Cage and was wondering what suggestions any of you might have as your top choice of books or recordings or videos. I already have "Silence", Carolyn Brown's "Chance and Circumstance", Elliot Caplan's "Cage/Cunningham" DVD and a few CDs. I've been thinking about getting Gann's book about 4'33'', but what would you list as your top 5 or top 10 books/CDs, etc by or about Cage?

Looking forward to your responses! 

Jared

website: jared.stewardsweb.net

twitter: twitter.com/jaredsteward

blog: Cageum

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