The Boulez-Cage Correspondence - Hardcover

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9780521401449: The Boulez-Cage Correspondence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521401445 ISBN 13: 9780521401449

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Between May 1949 and August 1954 the composers Pierre Boulez and John Cage exchanged a series of remarkable letters that reflect on their own music and the culture of the time. This correspondence, together with other relevant documents, has been edited and annotated by Jean-Jacques Nattiez and is now available for the first time in English in a paperback edition.

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Book Description:

Between May 1949 and August 1954 the composers Pierre Boulez and John Cage exchanged a series of remarkable letters, reflecting on their own music as well as the culture of the time. This correspondence, together with other relevant documents, has been edited and annotated by Jean-Jacques Nattiez.

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Between May 1949 and August 1954 the composers Pierre Boulez and John Cage exchanged a series of remarkable letters which reflect on their own music and the music and culture of the time. To this correspondence a further letter from 1962 has been added together with various other documents, including an unpublished lecture given by Boulez on Cage's music for prepared piano.

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