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X: Writings ’79–’82 is a book by American
avant-garde
composer
John Cage
(1912–1992), first published in 1983. The book contains the following works:
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avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
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Composer
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John Cage
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
(1912–1992), first published in 1983. The book contains the following works:
- "Foreword" (1983)
- "Writing for the Fourth Time through Finnegans WakeFinnegans WakeFinnegans Wake is a novel by Irish author James Joyce, significant for its experimental style and resulting reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in the English language. Written in Paris over a period of seventeen years, and published in 1939, two years before the author's...
" (1983) - "'There is not much difference between the two.' (Suzuki Daisetz)." (1979)
- "Toyama 1982" (1982)
- "James JoyceJames JoyceJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
, Marcel DuchampMarcel DuchampMarcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Considered by some to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Duchamp's output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art...
, Erik SatieErik SatieÉric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
: An Alphabet" (1981–83) - "Another Song" (1981)
- "Writing through the Cantos" (1983)
- (untitled) (1979, also known as "Correction")
- "B.W. 1916–1979" (1979, also known as "Ben Weber, 1916–1979")
- "For her first exhibition with love" (1982)
- "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" (continued 1973–82)
- "Wishful Thinking" (1983)
- "Muoyce (Writing for the Fifth Time through Finnegans Wake)" (1982, also published earlier as "Muoyce")