Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Sergio Maltagliati <>]

Dear members of the Silence list,

I would like to share a recently published bilingual artistic-research essay:

John Cage and Musica d’Arte in Florence / John Cage e la Musica d’Arte a Firenze
Chance, Silence, Sign, Gesture and Vision: From Graphic Scores to Generative Systems

The essay examines John Cage as an international precedent and interlocutor for the Florentine constellation of composers, performers, and visual artists associated with Sylvano Bussotti, Giuseppe Chiari, Giancarlo Cardini, Daniele Lombardi, Pietro Grossi, and Sergio Maltagliati.

It includes a section on Cage’s documented presence in Florence on 21 June 1992, at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, and considers the transition from chance operations, open notation, and performative indeterminacy to computer-based and generative systems.

No visual works by John Cage are reproduced in the publication. The essay refers readers to institutional sources where Cage’s works may be consulted legally.

Zenodo record:
https://zenodo.org/records/21340307

Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/maltagliati-john-cage-e-la-musica-d-arte-a-firenze-bilingual-edition-2026-v-1.0

Comments, corrections, and bibliographical suggestions would be very welcome.

With kind regards,
Sergio Maltagliati
Composer, visual artist, and artistic researcher
Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence

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