1. 'For more new sounds' (1933–1948); 2. 'To sober and quiet the mind...' (1946–1951); 3. 'Throwing sound into silence' (1951–1956);4. Indeterminacy (1957–1961); 5. 'Music (not composition)' (1962–1969); 6. 'Joy and bewilderment' (1969–1992).
The first book to examine fully the work of John Cage, leading figure of the post-war musical avant-garde.
'Thus we find detailed and generally thorough, consideration of not just Cage's music and the techniques it employs but also the sources of the ideological standpoints from which the music is derived.' Music and Letters
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