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Records ruin the landscape: John Cage, the sixties, and sound recording

David Grubbs
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2014
Copyright:
©2014

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Summary:
Review: John Cage's disdain for records was legendary. He repeatedly spoke of the ways in which recorded music was antithetical to his work. In Records ruin the landscape, David Grubbs argues that, following Cage, new genres in experimental and avant-garde music in the 1960s were particularly ill suited to be represented in the form of a recording. These activities include indeterminate music, long-duration minimalism, text scores, happenings, live electronic music, free jazz, and free improvisation. How could these proudly evanescent performance practices have been adequately represented on an LP? In their day, few of these works circulated in recorded form. By contrast, contemporary listeners can encounter this music not only through a flood of LP and CD releases of archival recordings but also in even greater volume through Internet file sharing and online resources. Present-day listeners are coming to know that era's experimental music through the recorded artifacts of composers and musicians who largely disavowed recordings. In Records Ruin the Landscape, Grubbs surveys a musical landscape marked by altered listening practices--Publisher description]-.
Table of Contents:
  • Henry Flynt on the air
  • Landscape with Cage
  • John Cage, recording artist
  • The antiques trade : free improvisation and record culture
  • Remove the records from Texas : online resources and impermanent archives.
Author/Creator:
Grubbs, David, 1967- , author
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Records ruin the landscape: John Cage, the sixties, and sound recording [by Grubbs, D.]
Subjects:
Cage, John — Criticism and interpretation
Sound recordings
Improvisation (Music)
Cage, John
Criticism and interpretation
General Notes:
Includes discography (pages 195-198), bibliographical references (pages 199-208) , and index.
Physical Description:
xxv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Numbers:
ML410.C24 G78 2014
ISBNs:
9780822355762 (cloth, alk. paper)
0822355760 (cloth, alk. paper)
9780822355908 (pbk., alk. paper)
0822355906 (pbk., alk. paper)
9780822377108 (ebk.) [Invalid]
Other Standard Numbers:
[Unknown Type]: 11469536
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2013041395
OCLC Numbers:
862222200