X: Writings '79 '82

by John Cage

Book Overview

One of a series of experimental texts in which Cage tries "to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them," he attempts in X to create looser structures in both life and art, to free "my writing from my intentions." "The New Grove Dictionary flatly states about Cage: 'He has had a greater impact on world music than any other American composer in the 20th century.' An observation that even Cage's most violent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819560987
• ISBN13: 9780819560988
• Release Date: September 1983
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 9.3"