David Tudor as composer/performer in Cage's Variations II

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It is difficult to distinguish David Tudor's performance as a performer or composer as he specialized in the realization of indeterminate scores and entered into avant- garde composers. Tudor's realization of John Cage's 'Variations II' is discussed as a case study in identifying the overlapping of performer and composer roles both within the context Tudor's history.

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'Reunion': John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, electronic music and chess

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A description is presented of Joh Cage's 'Reunion', a 1968 performance of electronic music in which the tones were generated by chess players moving their pieces on a board rigged with contact microphones. Topics include a discussion of Cage's aesthetic of indeterminancy.

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John Cage and recording

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John Cage's musical critiques are analyzed. His major critique of the metaphysics of presence is uncovered through his works and utterances.

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