John Cage

Silence: Lectures and Writings is a book by American experimental composer John Cage, first published in 1961 by Wesleyan University Press. Silence is a collection of essays and lectures Cage wrote during the period from 1939 to 1961. The contents of the book is as follows: "Foreword" "Manifesto" "The Future of Music: …

Empty Words: Writings ’73–’78 is a book by American avant-garde composer John Cage, first published in 1979 by Wesleyan University Press. The book contains the following works: "Foreword" "Preface to Lecture on the Weather" "How the Piano Came to be Prepared" "Empty Words" "Where Are We Eating? and What Are We …

Notations is a book that was edited and compiled by American avant-garde composer John Cage with Alison Knowles, first published in 1969. The book is made up of a large collection of graphical scores, facsimiles of holographs, from the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, with text by 269 composers, which are …