Four envois. (In Memoriam John Cage) From: Perspectives of New Music | Date: June 22, 1993| Author: Berio, Luciano; Harvey, Jonathan; Rzewski, Frederic; Xenakis, Iannis | COPYRIGHT 1993 University of Washington. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

John Cage was a great composer who opened up new possibilities in music. He dared to attack the traditional wisdom and so he liberated music. He attended to sounds which were independent of the composer, yet this attention resulted in music. One such method was by favoring chance in the dualism of control versus chance, with a technique of removing control. He could be criticized for making a deceptive shortcut to knowledge, but his work is still valuable.

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