Author Archives: Kay
John Cage Was a Writer
Submitted by Sparrow John Cage was a writer. We speak of all composers as “writing music,” though we never say that a choreographer “writes a dance.” But if you look at the sheet music for 4′33″, it is precisely written. … Continue reading
John Cage Teaching
Submitted by Kay Larson Painter and printmaker Pat Steir told me she adored John Cage so much that she arranged her printmaking sessions at Crown Point Press in California to be there at the same time as Cage, who had … Continue reading
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Prepared Piano Today
Submitted by Eliza McCarthy Rockin’ pianist Eliza McCarthy, who hails from Normandy and London, has adored Cage since early in her brilliant musical life, and now celebrates the prepared piano and its voice in the new-young-European music avant-garde. She just … Continue reading
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John Cage Fan Speaks Out
Submitted by Kay Larson I’m in a cab headed from O’Hare airport to downtown Chicago. I get in a conversation with the scruffy-looking cab driver (jeans and dirty tee-shirt; droopy hair and a beard shadow). “Why are you in Chicago?” … Continue reading
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Be Where You Are
Submitted by Anonymous John Cage was sitting at a long dinner table with other guests at a white-tablecloth event. A waiter came up with bottles of red wine in his hands and began pouring into empty wineglasses. Cage put his … Continue reading
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