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

Christopher Shultis has observed an intriguing contrast between John Cage's affinity for Thoreau and fellow composer Charles Ives's connection with Emerson. Although both Thoreau and Emerson have been called transcendentalists, they held different views about the relationship between natur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shultis, Christopher
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hanover [e.g. Lebanon NH] : University Press of New England, 2013.
Edition:UPNE ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862.
Ives, Charles, > 1874-1954.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882.
Cage, John.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Influence.
Ives, Charles, > 1874-1954 > Influence.
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Influence.
Cage, John > Criticism and interpretation.
Music and literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Avant-garde (Music)
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
MUSIC > Reference.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
Musique et litterature > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Musique experimentale > États-Unis.
Music and literature > History > 20th century.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > United States.
Avant-garde (Music) > United States.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Music: Dualism/unity/control : Ralph Waldo Emerson and Charles Ives ; Nondualism and coexistence : Henry David Thoreau and John Cage
  • Poetry and music: The transparent eye/I : positioning the self in Pound-tradition poetics ; Silencing the sounded self : the poetry and music of John Cage.

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