KCRW

John Cage, John Coltrane, and Statements of Belief

I recently received a lovely book-style box set called FIRST IMPULSE: THE CREED TAYLOR COLLECTION 50 TH ANNIVERSARY. The music contained within was from Impulse Records’ early releases from around ...
insider.si.edu

John Cage : music, philosophy, and intention, 1933-1950 / edited by David W. Patterson

John Cage, Arnold Schoenberg, and the musical idea / David W. Bernstein -- Cultural intersections : John Cage in Seattle (1938-1940) / Leta E. Miller -- No ear for music : timbre in the early ...
The New York Times

‘As Living as Opera Can Get’: John Cage’s Anarchic Anti-Canon

In his “Europeras,” Cage dismantled centuries of tradition and expectations, for musicians and audiences alike. A rare revival is coming to Detroit. By Joshua Barone The start was typical: Oper ...
Stereogum

Organ Playing 639-Year Version Of John Cage’s “As Slow As Possible” Changes Chords For The First Time In Two Years

In 1987, the legendary experimental composer John Cage published “ORGAN2/ASLSP (As Slow As Possible),” a piece for organ designed to be played, you guessed it, as slow as possible. It was an ...