Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Richard Brown <>]

Many thanks to Bob Kosovsky for noting this publication. 

For those without an institutional affiliation or subscription to JSAM, I have posted a copy of the article on my website:  http://richardhbrownjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Brown_JSAM6-1.pdf 

Some highlights include:

-Several new biographical details regarding Cage's early career in Los Angeles, including his interaction with Oskar Fischinger

-Details surrounding patent research Cage underwent for his father, John Cage Sr.

-A critical reexamination of the sources for Cage's essay, "The Future of Music: Credo" (ca. 1940)

Best,

Richard

Richard H Brown Jr

richardhbrownjr.com 

ayearfrommonday.com 

> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:44:08 -0500
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> Subject: [silence] ANNOUNCEMENT: Journal of the Society for American Music, new issue now available (fwd)
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> The forthcoming issue of the Journal of the Society for American Music contains
> two big articles devoted to Cage (see the full contents below).
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> As a long-time admirer of Oskar Fischinger's work, I'm particularly interested
> to see the article by Richard Brown.
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> Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
> Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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> JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN MUSIC, VOLUME 6 - ISSUE 01
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> http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=SAM&volumeId=6&issueId=01&seriesId=0
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> ARTICLES
>
> “A Long Ways from Home?” Hampton Institute and the Early History of “Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child”
> FELICIA M. MIYAKAWA
>
> Journeys of an Immigrant Violinist: Jacques Oliveira in Civil War–Era New York and New Orleans
> BRIAN C. THOMPSON
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> The Spirit inside Each Object: John Cage, Oskar Fischinger, and “The Future of Music”
> RICHARD H. BROWN
>
> REVIEWS
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> John Cage. By David Nicholls. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007.
> David W. Bernstein
>
> Selected Piano Solos, 1928–1941. By Earl “Fatha” Hines; ed. Jeffrey Taylor. Recent Researches in American Music, vol. 56; Music of the United States of America, vol. 15. Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2006.
> Brian Harker
>
> Fantasies and Fugues for Organ and Pianoforte. By Charles Zeuner; ed. J. Bunker Clark. Recent Researches in American Music, vol. 61. Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2007.
> N. Lee Orr
>
> Leonard Bernstein: The Political Life of an American Musician. By Barry Seldes. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009.
> Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story. By Nigel Simeone. Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2009. Working with Bernstein. By Jack Gottlieb. New York: Amadeus Press, 2010.
> Samuel Barber: The Complete Solo Piano Music. John Browning, piano. Nimbus Records NI 2528 (2009).
> Howard Pollack
>
> (In)Habitation: Musical Settings of Margaret Atwood Poetry by American Women Composers. Eileen Strempel, soprano; Sylvie Beaudette, piano.Centaur Records CRC3002. 2010.
> Stephanie Tingler
>
> George Gershwin, Complete Music for Piano & Orchestra. Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Justin Brown, conductor. Bridge CD 9252. 2008.
> Larry Starr
>
> Maiki Aiu Lake. Joy Chong-Stannard, director. PBS Hawaii, 2002. / Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula. Lisette Marie Flanary, director. Lehua Films, 2007.
> C. K. Szego
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