Silencing the Sounded Self: John Cage and the American Experimental Tradition

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INDEX Abrams, M. H., 67, 74, 77 acceptance, and coexistence, 3536 adhesiveness, xxii Ahearn, Barry, 77, 80 All the WayAround and Back (Ives), 21 ambient circumstances, 98-99 artistic coexistence. See coexistence artistic control. See control Asian philosophy, 56-57,91-92. See also Zen Buddhism Barrett, William, 63-64,147nl3 Bartlett, Lee, 74 Basho, xxi, xxii Beethoven, Ludwig van Cage's views on, 86-87,136n20 Ives's views on, 16-17 [171] Bernstein, Charles, 79, 80 Berry, Wendell, 47,118,1322210 Bhagavad Gita, 48, 56 Black Mountain College, 71, 73 Blofeld, John, 91 Boatwright, Howard, 22,1382260 on Ives, 3-4 Brent, Jonathan, xv, 46 Brooks, William, 155224,1582251 Brown, Norman O., 54, 55, 1452258 Burkholder, J. Peter, 15, 26,127128222 ,131-132226,1352210, 137-1382248,1382256 Butterick, George, 70 Cage, John, 29-58, 85-126 and American musical canon, 46 and Asian philosophy, 56-57, 91-92 on Beethoven, 1362220 and chance operations, 80 as composer and writer, 1302218 "Composition as Process," 32, 88, 89, 90 concept of hero, 35 creative process of, 101-114 Creeley's views on, 72 and De Kooning, 99-100 definition of poetry, xxii, 1572227 "Diary: Audience 1966," 101114 "Diary: Emma Lake Music Workshop 1965," 101-102, 106 on duration, 86-87 duration as structure, 89-90 on Emerson and Thoreau, 62 "Empty Words," xxiii, 118,119126 ,1432230,1582251 and experiment, 31-32 "Experimental Music," 31 and experimental tradition, 5 and experimentalism, 140226 and extramusical references, 32-33 First Construction in Metal, 89 "45' for a Speaker," 150-1512269 4'33", xxii, 52-53,94-95,96, 1292213,1442246,1562222 on harmony, 86-87 on Huxley, 155-1562212 and J Ching, 1562217 and idealism, 32-33 Imaginary Landscape No. 4, 1562219 and Ives, 28,134-135227 on Ives, xvi, 14,24-26,135229 "Lecture on Nothing," 47, 8990 ,92 and memory, 138-1392266 "Mureau," xxiii, 116-118,119120 musicianship of, 49-50 and nature, 77 on noise, 50-51 and non-intention, 33, 51-52, 72-73,114 and nondualism, 45-46,51, 1432230 notebooks of, 101-103,106114 ,107-108 on "nothing," 47, 84,90-91 objective verse of, xix Olson's influence on, 1501512269 Olson's views on, 72 The Perilous Night, 90-91 process in aesthetic of, 62-63 reception of, xv-xvi The Seasons, 56 Silence, xxii, 100-101 and silence, xx, 80-81 Sonatas and Interludes, 89 [172] INDEX on spirituality, 156n15 on structure, 86-87 on structure and form, 155 nl andThoreau, 46-58, 131225 onThoreau, 46-47,115-116, 140235,141-1421214 Thoreau's influence on, 135228 use of transparencies, 96-98 Variations, 95-96 Variations III, 96-97,98-100 Williams Mix, 98,1502264 as writer and visual artist, xxixxii A Year from Monday, 100,106 and Zen Buddhism, 45, 57 Call Me Ishmael (Olson), 68-70 Cameron, Sharon, 35,40-41,45, 53,54-55, 140226,1411214, 1422224 Carlyle, Thomas, 59 Carter, Elliott, 25-26 Causal Mythology (Olson), 125 Cavell, Stanley, 39, 41-44,48, 57, 134226,139222 The Senses ofWalden, 139n3 Central Park in the Dark (Ives), 21-22 chance operations, 45, 80,15315422114 and Cage "Diary" series, 102, 105-106 and Cage "Empty Words," 118 and Cage "Mureau," 117-118 in Cage texts, 114 and indeterminacy, 1502264 and silence, 124 and Zen Buddhism, 93-94 Charles, Daniel, 114 Chase, Gilbert, 131225 Ch'maj, Betty E., xviii, 15,18-19, 28 Christensen, Paul, 72, 74,1502262 Christy, Arthur, 56, 57, 132228 "Circles" (Emerson), 10-11,134224 coexistence, 29-58 and acceptance, 35-36 vs. control, xvii, 76,82 and nature, xix, 36-39,42-43 of sound and silence, 90 and symbolism, xix-xx collage, Ives's use of, 1382256 Collins, Christopher, 1372231 Concord Sonata (Ives), 16-17, 2223 ,27 control, 9-28 vs. coexistence, xvii, 76, 82 and nature, xix and symbolism, xix-xx Coomaraswamy, Ananda K., 5657 , 94,1462273 correspondence. See transcendental correspondence Cowell, Henry, 131-132226,131225 on experimentalism, 3 on Ives, 17-18,27 Cowell, Sidney, 131-132226, 131225 creative process, of Cage, 101-114 Creeley, Robert, 63, 68,1482233 on Cage, 72 The Island, 73, 74 and Olson, 72,1502262 projective verse of, xix Davidson, Michael, 71 De Kooning, Willem, 99-100 DeLio, Thomas, 128n6 "Diary: Audience 1966" (Cage), 101-114 "Diary: Emma Lake Music Workshop 1965" (Cage), 101-102, 106 Doane, Janice, 82 Dorn, Edward, 70-71,15322100 Gunslinger, 71-72 projective verse of...