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“In a 1982 interview, and on numerous other occasions, Cage stated that 4′33″ was, in his opinion, his most important work” .
In-text: (The work of John cage, 2018)
Your Bibliography: 2018. The work of John cage. [video].
Its fame derives as much from decades-worth of Cage’s own statements, as from its having been understood, largely, as one definitive thing.
In-text: (Cage et al., 2009)
Your Bibliography: Cage, J., Robinson, J., Bois, Y., Joseph, B., Kim, R., Kotz, L. and Pritchett, J., 2009. The anarchy of silence. Barcelona: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, p.89.
Cage wrote and rewrote the score of the piece, at least three times in the 1950s, as his chance operations in composing developed towards indeterminacy in the realm of performance.
In-text: (Cage et al., 2009)
Your Bibliography: Cage, J., Robinson, J., Bois, Y., Joseph, B., Kim, R., Kotz, L. and Pritchett, J., 2009. The anarchy of silence. Barcelona: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, p.89.
was seen as one of the leading artists of the post war Avant- garde until his death in 1992.
In-text: (John Cage, 2018)
Your Bibliography: En.wikipedia.org. 2018. John Cage. [online] Available at: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage> [Accessed 1 May 2018].
“It demonstrates that there was no such thing as silence, rather there were only sounds: what he had referred to as silence was simply the sounds he had not intended. Thus, the opposition of sound and silence became the opposition of intention and non-intention, which was duality he found easy to transcend”
In-text: (Pritchett, 2009)
Your Bibliography: Pritchett, J., 2009. The music of John Cage. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, p.75.
“It’s literal silence reflects the silence of the will necessary to open up a realm of infinite possibilities.”
In-text: (Pritchett, 2009)
Your Bibliography: Pritchett, J., 2009. The music of John Cage. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, p.60.
more of a philosopher than a composer… is not to be considered as a creator in the ordinary sense.
In-text: (Pritchett, 2009)
Your Bibliography: Pritchett, J., 2009. The music of John Cage. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, p.1.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians describes 4′33″ as Cage's "most famous and controversial creation.
In-text: (Sadie, Tyrrell and Grov e, 2001)
Your Bibliography: Sadie, S., Tyrrell, J. and Grov e, G., 2001. The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians. New York: Grove.
In-text: (Scott, 2018)
Your Bibliography: Scott, A., 2018. ‘Marina Abramovic the Artist Is Present,’ a Documentary on Her Life. [online] Nytimes.com. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/movies/marina-abramovic-the-artist-is-present-a-documentary-on-her-life.html> [Accessed 24 May 2018].
was one of those rare events that breach the wall dividing the art world from popular culture.
In-text: (Scott, 2018)
Your Bibliography: Scott, A., 2018. Artist’s Fearless Aura, in Film, Chair or Tub ‘Marina Abramovic the Artist Is Present,’ a Documentary on Her Life. The New York Times, [online] p.1. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/movies/marina-abramovic-the-artist-is-present-a-documentary-on-her-life.html?ref=movies> [Accessed 7 May 2018].
What you see, is what you see.
In-text: (Stella, 1996)
Your Bibliography: Stella, F., 1996. Frank Stella. American Art, 10(2).
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