Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Rob Haskins <>]

It's not in that last Diary installment. It sounds more like an interview or perhaps a headnote, but I checked the latter in X and no luck. 1982 texts listed in A John Cage Compendium inconclusive. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Daniel Wolf <> wrote:

A journalist has asked me if I know the source for the following quote:

"You don't have to call it music if the term shocks you"

It is used frequently online, including on Peter's page for Cage.  But the only attribution I have is "John Cage (1982)".  My guess is that it could be in the last part of the Diary, but I don't have a copy of X here.

Daniel Wolf
Frankfurt

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