Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

["david kotlowy" <>]

Cage talks about this in Kostelanetz, R. Conversing With Cage (New York: Limelight Editions 1988) p.41, whenre it is taken from Kauffmann, Stanley, (moderator). “The Changing Audience for the Changing Arts / Panel”  In The Arts: Planing for Change. (New York: Associated Councils of the Arts, 1966)


		David Kotlowy 
South Australia

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[silence] the "quiet the mind" quote

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).

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Andrew

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