Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Stefano Pocci <>]

On 04/16/2013 03:57 PM, cc wrote:
> dear group
>
> i'm looking for an audio quote in which cage speaks about piano 
> preparation,
> can anyone help ?
>
> thanks
>
> chris cutler



Rob is correct. I've recently used that documentary for a little talk 
about John and you can find it at Ubuweb:

http://www.ubu.com/film/cage_masters.html

The preparation snippet begins around 7.30 min.

--

Stefano


In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, 
bloodshed —but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the 
Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy 
and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

- Harry Lime (Orson Welles) in the "The Third Man" -