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Condition: Good: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. ... Good: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Release Year: 2008

ISBN: 9781878972118

Book Title: Composition in Retrospect

Item Length: 8 in

Publisher: Exact Change

Publication Year: 2008

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Illustrator: Yes

Item Height: 0.6 in

Author: John. Cage

Genre: Music, Poetry

Topic: Instruction & Study / Composition, General

Item Width: 6 in

Item Weight: 9.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 184 Pages

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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, Composition in Retrospect completes the documentation of Cage's thought that began with his classic book Silence (1961), but it is an introduction and invitation to his work as much as a summary or conclusion. Also included in this volume (at Cage's request) is "Themes and Variations," a piece written in 1982 about friends and heroes such as Jasper Johns, Buckminster Fuller, Marcel Duchamp and Erik Satie. Together these pieces form a book that is both a testament to the artists Cage admired and a clear statement of his own ars poetica.

Product Identifiers

Publisher

Exact Change

ISBN-10

1878972111

ISBN-13

9781878972118

eBay Product ID (ePID)

279617

Product Key Features

Book Title

Composition in Retrospect

Author

John. Cage

Format

Trade Paperback

Language

English

Topic

Instruction & Study / Composition, General

Publication Year

2008

Illustrator

Yes

Genre

Music, Poetry

Number of Pages

184 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

8 in

Item Height

0.6 in

Item Width

6 in

Item Weight

9.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Number of Volumes

1 Vol.

Lc Classification Number

Ps3505.A2533

Grade from

College Freshman

Grade to

1993

Target Audience

Trade

Dewey Decimal

818.5407

Dewey Edition

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