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1	Silence: Lectures and Writings more books like this by John Cage add to wishlist Silence, A Year from Monday, M, Empty Words and X (in this order) form the five parts of a series of books in which Cage tries, as he says, "to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them." Often these writings include mesostics and essays created by subjecting the work of other writers to chance ... see all copies from $7.88! new only from $18.07! \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings more books like this by John Cage add to wishlist Includes lectures, essays, diaries and other writings, including "How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" and "Juilliard Lecture." see all copies from $7.55! new only from $14.21! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Composition in Retrospect more books like this by John Cage add to wishlist Written in his characteristic "mesostics" (linked lines of prose poetry), "Composition in Retrospect" is a statement of methodology in which composer John Cage examines the central issues of his work: Indeterminacy, nonunderstanding, inconsistency, imitation, variable structure, contingency. Finished only shortly before his death in 1992, ... see all copies from $7.80! new only from $12.23! \| SVS
4	John Cage, Writer: Previously Uncollected Pieces more books like this by John Cage add to wishlist In August 1992, John Cage died suddenly, just a month before he would have celebrated his eightieth birthday. The passing of one of the greatest avant garde figures of the century was mourned around the world and brought a new recognition of his achievements, in music and art, and a reconsideration of the Cage legacy that will long continue. An ... see all copies from $60.00!
5	Anarchy: New York City-January 1998 more books like this by John Cage add to wishlist A major American thinker of the 20th century muses on anarchism. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Mud book more books like this by John Cage, Lois Long add to wishlist Silk-screen prints illustrate a tongue in cheek guide to making mud pies, mud layer cakes, and mud birthday cakes. see all copies from $17.50! signed copies \| first editions
7	Art of Dove Bradshaw Nature Chang: Nature Chang, and Indeterminacy more books like this by Thomas McEvilley, John Cage add to wishlist A longtime proponent of art and indeterminacy, this book features some of Bradshaw's most recognizable work. see all copies from $45.63! new only from $45.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	X more books like this by John Cage add to wishlist One of a series of experimental texts in which Cage tries "to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them," he attempts in X to create looser structures in both life and art, to free "my writing from my intentions." see all copies from $13.95! new only from $14.88! \| first editions \| SVS
9	I-VI: Methodstructureintentiondisciplinenotationindeterminacy Interpenetrationimitationdevotioncircumstancesvariablestruct Nonunderstandingcontingencyinconsistencyperformance more books like this by John Cage add to wishlist Cage's contribution to Harvard's prestigious Norton Lecture Series in 1988-89. More like performances than lectures, these six mesotics - a complex horizontal arrangement of text to form vertical letter sequences that spell out key word- a kind of meticulously choreographed anarchy in which choce and chance join to redefine the concepts of meaning ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $34.35! \| first editions
10	For the Birds: John Cage in Conversation with Daniel Charles more books like this by John Cage, Daniel Charles add to wishlist This ebullient collection of questions and answers covers a wide variety of topic. Cage's great wit and intelligence are allowed to range across such subjects as his own music and texts, mushrooms, chess, James Joyce, Mao, Thoreau, Satie, electronic music, the prepared piano, Zen, the environment, technology, politics and economics. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $93.27! \| first editions
11 view cover	Empty Words: Writings '73-'78 more books like this by John Cage add to wishlist Writings through James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, Norman O. Brown, and "The Future of Music." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.96! \| first editions
12	The Guests Go in to Supper more books like this by John Cage, Yoko Ono, Robert Ashley add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $45.76! \| first editions
13 view cover	Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Technology: A Skill-Building Approach more books like this by Diana J Mason, John W Best, Kathleen Cage Mittag add to wishlist This valuable activities-based text offering integrated experimental exercises appropriate for preservice mathematics and science teachers, and also serves as a practical resource for in-service graduate students desiring knowledge on how to integrate mathematics and science with technology. Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Technology ... see all copies from $5.14! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
14	Themes & Variations more books like this by John Cage add to wishlist see all copies from $10.05! first editions
15 view cover	*Musicage: Cage Muses on Words Art * Music more books like this by John Cage, Joan Retallack add to wishlist Joan Retallack's conversations with Cage represent the first consideration of his artistic production in its entirety, across genres. Informed by the perspective of age, Cage's comments range freely from his theories of chance and indeterminate composition to his long-time collaboration with Merce Cunningham to the aesthetics of his multi-media ... see all copies from $13.75!** first editions
16 view cover	Satie Seen Through His Letters: Art of Literary Translation more books like this by Ornella Volta (Editor), Pablo Picasso (Illustrator), John Cage (Illustrator) add to wishlist This whimsical book about the eccentric Parisian composer Erik Alfred Leslie Satie (1866-1925) confirms his position as one of the most bizarre personalities in music history. Gathered by a determined iconographer, thedirector of the Satie Foundation in Paris, and arranged somewhat chronologically by topic, such as "Friends," and "Lawsuits," these ... see all copies from $11.93! new only from $11.93! \| SVS
17	Foirades/Fizzles: Echo and Allusion in the Art of Jasper Johns more books like this by John Cage, Richard S Field, Richard Shiff add to wishlist see all copies from $28.00!
18 view cover	Musicage more books like this by John Cage, Joan Retallack add to wishlist The entire range of John Cage's work and thought, explored in three wide-ranging dialogues, which constitute his last unified statement on his art. see all copies from $21.50! new only from $26.95! \| first editions
19	The Poets' Encyclopedia more books like this by John Cage, Allen Ginsberg, Michael Andre (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $85.00! first editions
20	Cage - Cunningham - Johns Dancers on a Plane by John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns add to wishlist see all copies from $27.35!
21	Satie Seen Through His Letters more books like this by Erik Satie, Ornella VOLTA (Editor), John Cage (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.07! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
22	Silence by John Cage add to wishlist see all copies from $14.71! new only from $39.83!
23	Aerial Six - Seven: Art is Either a Complaint or Do Something Else more books like this by Rod Smith (Editor), John Cage add to wishlist see all copies from $17.50! first editions
24	Mirage verbal : writings through Marcel Duchamp, Notes more books like this by John Cage add to wishlist see all copies from $187.50! first editions
25	Biology and the history of the future: more books like this by John Cage, C. H. Waddington, International Union of Biological Sciences, Unesco add to wishlist see all copies from $34.74! SVS

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