Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

["Bob Kosovsky" <>]

Bill Trigg asks:

> I was surprised to find nothing in the archives on this topic.  I am
> preparing a performance of Branches, and am having difficulty figuring out
> how to connect the phonograph cartridge to an amplifier.  None of my tech
> people have an answer.  Any assistance you all could offer would be
> greatly appreciated!

Given the time of composition, my guess is that Cage was thinking of an
ordinary record player which had built-in amplifer.  For the more high-end
players--like today's record players--you need to plug the device into an
amplifier.  The cartridge by itself (without the tone arm where it usually
belongs) is kind of useless.


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