Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Caleb Deupree <>]

In her book John Cage: Visual Art to Sober and Quiet the Mind, Kathan Brown 
opens her text with the quote on page 45, and cites Composition in Retrospect 
from John Cage Etchings 1978-1982, Crown Point Press, SF, CA, 1982, page 43. 

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Caleb Deupree




On Jul 17, 2012, at 2:48 PM, SEM Ensemble wrote:

> Where did Cage write, and how exactly is it worded, this story: when a 
> friend of his from India told him that the purpose of music (in India) was 
> "to quiet the mind, thus opening it to divine influences," to which (I 
> think) Lou Harrison pointed out to Cage that he found the same purpose of 
> music in a medieval manuscript. Okay, any help sourcing this one would be 
> appreciated (I'm sure this story exists in a few different places).
> 
> thanks,
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> Andrew
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> Andrew Smith
> S.E.M. Ensemble
> 718/488-7659
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