MUSICAGE: CAGE MUSES on Words * Art * Music

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Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Conversations in Retrospect, Joan Retallack xiii I. WORDS Art Is Either a Complaint or Do Something Else / John Cage 3 Cage's Loft, New York City: September 6-7, 1990 / John Cage and Joan Retallack 43 II. VISUAL ART Cage's Loft, New York City: October 21-23, 1991 / John Cage and Joan Retallack 83 III. MUSIC Cage's Loft, New York City: July 15-17, 19921 John Cage and Joan Retallack 169 July 18,1992.1John Cage, Joan Retallack, and Michael Bach 246 July 30, 19921 John Cage and Joan Retallack 291 Appendixes A. Selected Cage Computer Programs 315 B. Mesostic Introduction to The First Meeting of the Satie Society 316 C. Writing through Ulysses (Muoyce II). Typescript Page from Part 17 based on the "Nighttown" section of Ulysses 319 D. Excerpts from Manuscript and Score of Two6 (1992) 320 E. Notated Time Bracket Sheets for Thirteen (1992), Pages 14, 15,16 328 F. Writing through Ulysses (Muoyce II), Part 5 331 G. IC Supply Sheet Marked by Cage with Red, Blue, and Black Pencils 332 vii H. Excerpts from Score for Europera 5 I. Europera 5 at MOMA 340 J. Letter Outlining Plans for Noh-opera 341 K. Notated Time Bracket Sheets for 58 (1992), Pages 2 and 4 342 L. Project for Hanau Squatters 344 M. First Page of One8 (1991) 345 N. First Page of Ten (1991), Violin I 346 Index 347 viii Contents 5 333 ...