[silence] Scores in New Music

[David Badagnani]

I am holding the 1969 Something Else Press edition of NOTATIONS.  The cover reads "NOTATIONS / John Cage," the title page reads "NOTATIONS / by John Cage," the page listing publishing information reads "Copyright © 1969 by John Cage," and states that no portion of the text may be reproduced without obtaining permission from John Cage (or Something Else Press, Inc.), and the Preface (written exactly 40 years ago in May 1968) is by John Cage.  I now see that Knowles is credited as co-editor and layout designer only in the text of Cage's Preface, which I suppose I hadn't read carefully enough before.  It would be interesting to know why it is that her credit was omitted from the cover, title page, and copyright page, however (which might be part of the reason why some people refer to the book as being by Cage).

I'm looking at her website now and it's great to see she is so active these days.

http://www.aknowles.com/
--
David Badagnani
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio
USA

Fred Maus <fem2x@virginia.edu> wrote: Why do some people refer to this book as though it is by Cage, not by 
Cage and Alison Knowles?

Fred Maus
UVa
> Has it been mentioned that the sequel to the 1969 Cage book Katherine 
> mentions will be released later this year by Theresa Sauer Tisano 
> (whom I believe may be a member of this list)?  Unlike the original 
> edition, which was in black and white, it will contain many examples 
> of color notation, and composers from more areas of the world, 
> including composers from Africa, Asia, Latin America, etc.--all works 
> having been composed over the 39 years since the original publication 
> came out.  A series of three concerts of some of the pieces featured 
> in the book (along with a gallery showing of score pages) will take 
> place at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York City, on consecutive 
> weekends in October 2008 (Oct. 4, 11, and 18); I've heard that Stuart 
> Saunders Smith and Halim El-Dabh will be there to conduct their works.
>
> Information here:
>
> http://www.notations21.net/news.html
>
> --
> David Badagnani
> Kent State University
> Kent, Ohio
> USA
>
> */Katherine Setar >/* wrote:
>
>     Just a little comment regarding this book:
>
>     - Cage, J. and Knowles, A. (1973). Notations. Reprint Services Corp.
>
>     It's been several years since I looked at this book, but my
>     recollection
>     is that Cage's book NOTATIONS is a collection of uniquely notated new
>     music which was intended to be perceived by the viewer as visual art.
>     Therefore the book contains excerpts with no explanations behind the
>     aural intent of the composer. I'm not sure if such a book was what
>     you
>     had in mind.
>
>     Just a minor caveat,
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Katherine Setar


       
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