Composition in Retrospect

by John Cage

Book Overview

John Cage's poetical statement on indeterminacy, Duchamp, art, life and more

Written in his characteristic "mesostics" (lines of prose poetry linked by a central vertical acrostic), Composition in Retrospect is a statement of methodology in which composer John Cage examines the central issues of his work: indeterminacy, imitation, variable structure and contingency. Finished only shortly before his death in 1992,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878972111
• ISBN13: 9781878972118
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Exact Change
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher