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…
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.
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