Silence
Lectures and Writings
Ranked #3 in Composition, Ranked #5 in Music Composition — see more rankings.
Silence, A Year from Monday, M, Empty Words and X (in this order) form the five parts of a series of books in which Cage tries, as he says, to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them. Often these writings include mesostics and essays created by subjecting the work of other writers to chance procedures using the I Ching (what Cage called writing through). less
Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of Silence from the world's leading experts.
Kyle Chayka John Cage is one of the composers most associated with minimalism. He’s a kind of pioneer, not just in music, but also for the arts, and for philosophy as well. In the 1940s and 1950s, he had already cultivated an interest in Zen philosophy. He experimented with these forms of emptiness in art that were very radical at the time. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Silence is ranked in the following categories:
- #55 in Aesthetics
- #47 in Music
- #16 in Music Theory
- #19 in Sound
Similar Books
If you like Silence, check out these similar top-rated books:
