Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[john saylor <>]

On 9/5/12, Lowell Cross 
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 wrote:
> Hopefully, you have met up with Marcel Duchamp wherever you and he
> may be, and by now, you have played him at least to a draw in chess.

doubtful. as i have heard it, duchamp was an excellent chess player-
much more skilled than cage in this respect. iirc, duchamp spent much
of the later part of his life playing chess and raising his ranking.

however, even if i am more inclined toward reincarnation than 'heaven'
in my guesses about what it's like after dying- i do not think cage
would mind losing to duchamp in chess [repeatedly]. after all, he's
one of cage's spiritual ancestors [like satie and james joyce].

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