Each...is at the center': Thoughts on a Cagean view of [music] history
Nicholls, David (2012) Each...is at the center': Thoughts on a Cagean view of [music] history. Contemporary Music Review, 31, (1), 91-109. (Submitted).
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Description/Abstract
Traditional historiographical practices deal almost exclusively with prospective chains of
influence, prioritizing the canonic over the non-canonic, and the influence flowing from
an individual over the influences flowing toward her or him. Similarly, historical preeminence
is valued more than historical accuracy. Although John Cage’s view of history
originally chimed with these traditional practices, from the 1940s onward he increasingly
came to dismiss teleological historiography in favor of an alternative view that might be
characterized as ‘centrality.’ This essay examines Cage’s journey from traditional to
alternative historiographic practices, focusing in particular on a passage in ‘Communication,’
the third of his 1958 Darmstadt lectures, and reflects on the challenges created
by a historiography based in centrality.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0749-4467 (print) |
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| Subjects: | M Music and Books on Music > M Music |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > Music |
| Item ID: | 153511 |
| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2010 14:21 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2012 10:44 |
| Contributors: | Nicholls, David (Author) |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Status: | Submitted |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/153511 |
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