| Description |
xxv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Henry Flynt on the air -- Landscape with Cage -- John Cage, recording artist -- The antiques trade : free improvisation and record culture -- Remove the records from Texas : online resources and impermanent archives. |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography (pages 195-198), bibliographical references (pages 199--208), and index. |
| Summary |
"John Cage's disdain for records was legendary. He repeatedly spoke of the ways in which recorded music was antithetical to his work. In Records ruin the landscape, David Grubbs argues that, following Cage, new genres in experimental and avant-garde music in the 1960s were particularly ill suited to be represented in the form of a recording. These activities include indeterminate music, long-duration minimalism, text scores, happenings, live electronic music, free jazz, and free improvisation. How could these proudly evanescent performance practices have been adequately represented on an LP?"--rear cover. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Cage, John -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Cage, John. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Improvisation (Music) -- History and criticism.
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Improvisation (Music) |
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Avant-garde (Music) -- History and criticism.
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Avant-garde (Music) |
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| ISBN |
9780822355762 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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0822355760 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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9780822355908 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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0822355906 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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