Negotiating Music and Politics: John Cage’s United States Bicentennial Compositions “Lecture on the Weather” and “Renga with Apartment House 1776”
abstract: In 1975 the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) invited John Cage to write a composition for the bicentennial birthday of the United States. The result was Lecture on the Weather, a multi-media work for twelve expatriate vocalists and/or players with independent sound systems, magnetic tap...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.34908 |