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Silence : lectures and writings by John Cage
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Silence : lectures and writings by John Cage

by John Cage, Kyle Gann

This collection of experimental writings uses mesostics and chance procedures to explore the relationship between sound and silence. It forms part of a series that employs avant-garde techniques to generate new ideas through unconventional linguistic processes.

Accession 28643 ISBN 9780819571762 Publisher Wesleyan University Press
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