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…
Wesleyan University Press,1983 (1973). Squarish softcover. (12), 217 pages. Fine clean and attractive copy Includes the texts “Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)”, and “Mushroom Book”. These early printings are much better than the more recent new
Fine thorough introduction the work of Robert Ashley with introductory texts and interviews with Ashley and including Scores for “Dust” and “Celestial Excursions” and selection of other works from 1963 to 2008