[ebooks] Manufacturing the Bespoke: Making and Prototyping Architecture (AD Reader) by From Wiley in Arts-Photography

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The experimental composer John Cage (1912-1992) is best known for his works in percussion; prepared piano; and electronic music; but he is also acknowledged to be one of the most significant figures in 20th century theatre. In Cages work in theatre composition there is a blurring of the distinctions between music; dance; literature; art and everyday life. Here; William Fetterman examines the majority of those compositions by Cage which are audial as well as visual in content; beginning with his first work in this genre in 1952; and continuing through 1992.Much of the information in this study comes from previously undocumented material discovered among the unpublished scores and notes of Cage and his frequent collaborator David Tudor; as well as authors interviews with Cage and with individuals closely associated with his work; including David Tudor; Merce Cunningham; Bonnie Bird; Mary Caroline Richards; and Ellsworth Snyder.