The piece 4’33” premiered on August 29, 1952; four minutes, thirty-three seconds of performed, charged silence. Elegantly, provocatively, the piece asked: what does silence sound like? Cage’s questions about the nature of silence and sound continue to reverberate decades later; this volume-the most comprehensive on the piece to date-brings together…
Institute for Danish Sound Archeology / Institut for Danskl Lydarkæologi, IDL 15. LP. VG / VG Bent Lorentzen is widely considered one of the key figures and pioneers of early Danish electronic music and he was one of a few classically trained composers seeking out the possibilities of the new…
TACET The Sound in The Arts Series # 4 published by Les Presses Du Reel, 2016. 8vo in stiff wraps as issued. 560 p, ills in bw. French/English text. New copy.