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© in This Web Service Cambridge University Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01432-9 - John Cage and David Tudor: Correspondence on Interpretation and Performance Martin Iddon Index More information Index Adams, John D. S. 196 Brown, Carolyn 13, 28, 32, 34, 63, 82, 99, 107, Adler, Stella 108 108, 109, 112, 115, 116, 122, 126, 128, 147, Agamben, Giorgio 213–15 148, 158, 211 Ajemian, Anahid 6, 8, 12 Brown, Earle 13, 28, 31, 32, 34, 46, 50, 82, 99, Ajemian, Maro 5, 6, 8, 9, 12 104, 106, 107, 109, 115, 119, 124, 147 Amey, Frank, 95, 111, 112, 114, 116, 121, December 1952 110, 211 128, 129 Four Systems (1952–54) 93 Amey, Nikky 111, 114 Indices (1954) 197, 211 Antheil, George 26, 34 Trio for 5 dancers (1953) 32 Antonio, Emile de 96 Brücher, Ernst 113, 116, 119 Artaud, Antonin 13, 29 Buhlig, Richard 25 Auster, Paul 1 Bussotti, Sylvano 96, 104, 105, 106, 107, 112 5 Piano Pieces for David Tudor 96, 113 Babbitt, Milton 133 Butterfield, Don 81, 82, 158 Composition for Viola and Piano (1950) 16 Bach, Johann Sebastian 30 Cage, John Barab, Seymour 4, 6, 8, 9, 34 0′00″ (1962) 114, 140, 204 Barber, George 8 1′5½″ for a String Player (1953) 32 Barrault, Jean-Louis 27, 29 26′1.1499″ for a string player (1955) 45 Bauermeister, Mary 113, 118, 126, 131, 166 27′10.554″ for a percussionist (1956) 45 Bauman, Alvin 16 31.57.9864″ for a pianist (1954) 45, 46, 48 1 Baumgarten, Alexander Gottlieb 215 33 /3 (1969) 156 Becker, John 31 34′46.776″ for a pianist (1954) 19, 45–47, 48, Beethoven, Ludwig van 114, 175 80, 160, 173, 211 Behrman, David 197 4′33″ (1952) 7, 19, 32, 41, 43–45, 46, 47, 48, Berberian, Cathy 100, 104, 106, 108, 111, 112, 49, 212 115, 121, 126, 127, 128, 210 “45′ for a Speaker” 204 Berg, Cherney 15 59½″ for a String Player (1952) 34 Berger, Arthur 9, 10 Amores (1943) 99, 124 Berio, Luciano 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 126, 127 Aria (1958) 83, 98 Bernstein, Leonard 120, 136 Atlas Eclipticalis (1961–62) 63, 82, 132, 136 Biel, Michael von 135 Cartridge Music (1960) 70, 80, 110, 112, 119, Binney, Edith 189 124, 126, 129, 138, 140, 166–75, 176, 184, Bird, Bonnie 2 185, 186–87, 197 Black Mountain College 13, 15, 18, 23, Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra 24, 25 (1951) 9, 10, 11, 41 Bode, Arnold 106 Credo in Us (1942) 2, 43 Boone, Charles 193 Daughters of the Lonesome Isle (1945) 4 Borden, Essie 194 Duet for Cymbal (1960) 119, 124 Boulez, Pierre 3, 4, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17–18, 19, 21, Extended Lullaby (1991) 205, 206, 207 27, 29, 31, 34, 105, 106, 122 Five Stone Wind (1988) 63, 175, 187, 196, Flute Sonatine 81 200–04 Second Piano Sonata (1947–48) 3, 5, 27, 31 Fontana Mix (1958) 65, 66, 82, 83, 98, 103, Structures, book 1 (1952) 27, 36 104, 106, 107, 112, 115, 124, 127, 133, 149, Brant, Henry 108 159, 160, 161 Bratman, Carroll C. 8 Four3(1991) 175, 196, 203, 205–12 Brecht, George For M.C. and D.T. (1952) 32 Card Piece 114 Haiku (1950–51) 12, 204 Candle Piece 114 Haiku (1958/87) 83, 203, 204–05 [221] Brooklyn Academy of Music 56 HPSCHD (1967–69) 192, 196 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01432-9 - John Cage and David Tudor: Correspondence on Interpretation and Performance Martin Iddon Index More information 222 Index Cage, John (cont.) WBAI (1960) 83 Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951) 16, 140 Williams Mix (1951–53) 40, 41, 81, 102, 133 “Lecture on Nothing” 109 Winter Music (1956) 50, 56–64, 65, 66, 67, 74, Marriage at the Eiffel Tower (1939) 43 75, 77, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 92, 93, Music for The Marrying Maiden (1960) 133 107, 110, 135, 138, 144, 149, 150, 159, Music for Amplified Toy Pianos (1960) 83, 174, 177 112, 131, 138, 159–67, 169, 174, 176, 184, Cage, Xenia 2, 4, 26 185 Callahan, Michael 189 Music for Carillon No. 1 (1952) 81 Campbell, Joseph 12, 13, 16 Music for Carillon No. 4 (1961) 130 Cardew, Cornelius 95, 96, 98, 106, 111, 112, 114, Music for Piano series (1952–56) 41, 47–55, 124, 135, 139, 166 56, 59, 62, 64, 68, 74, 80, 92, 93, 110, 146, Piano Sonata No. 3 (1957–58) 106 174, 182 Two Books of Study for Pianists (1958) 106 Music of Changes (1951) 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 16, Cardini, Giancarlo 185 18, 19–21, 24, 28, 30, 31, 36–40, 41, 44, 45, Carmen, Arline 100, 108, 157, 158 46, 48, 55, 57, 66, 90, 123, 124, 128, 129, Carnegie Hall 3, 4, 133 151, 210, 211 Caskel, Christoph 95, 102, 106, 111, 132 Music Walk (1958) 65, 83, 102, 110, 128, Castelli, Ileana see Schapira, Ileana 138–48, 149, 157, 159, 160, 168, 171, 182, Cébron, Jean 135 183 Central High School of Needle Trades 4 Ocean (unfinished) 207 Cerha, Friedrich 104, 105, 108, 113 Ophelia (1946) 4 Cernovitch, Nicola 158 Reunion (1968) 196 Cherry Lane Theatre 31, 34 Roaratorio (1979) 188, 194, 212 Copland, Aaron 123, 127 Rozart Mix (1965) 188, 195 Cornish School 1, 2, 63, 97 Seven Haiku (1951–52) 12, 45, 123, 131 Cowell, Henry 1, 17, 21, 28, 30, 31, 42, 43, 124 Sixteen Dance (1951) 8, 9, 10 Aeolian Harp (1923) 30 Solo for Piano/Concert for Piano and Cramer, Hazel Witman 102 Orchestra (1957–58) 48, 51, 56, 64–82, 83, Crane, Louise 13 84, 85, 90, 92, 93, 97, 99, 102, 104, 112, 123, Crawford, Ruth 31 124, 129, 131, 138, 139, 141, 144, 147, 149, Cross, Lowell 189 156, 159, 164, 175, 176, 183–84 Culver, Andrew 207 Solo for Voice 1 (1958) 83 Cunningham, Merce 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 32, 34, 50, 73, Solo for Voice 2 (1960) 83, 126, 166 98, 99, 105, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 115, Sonatas and Interludes (1948) 41 116, 117, 121, 122, 126, 127, 128, 136, 139, Song Books (1970) 210 147, 148, 149, 156, 157, 158, 173, 188, 196, Sounds of Venice (1959) 80, 98, 99, 159 197, 200, 206, 207 String Quartet in Four Parts (1950) 123 Aeon (1961) 62–64 Telephones and Birds (1977) 196, 197–200, Antic Meet (1958) 48, 79–80, 82, 83 203, 207 Beach Birds (1991) 196, 205 The City Wears a Slouch Hat (1942) 2 Beach Birds for Camera (1993) 196, 206, 207 Theatre Piece (1960) 40, 80, 81, 83, 91, 98, Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bird (1951) 211 115, 125, 126, 128, 135, 138, 146, 148–59, Changeling (1957) 110 160, 167, 170, 175, 182, 183, 185 Hands Birds (1960) 110, 211 Two Pastorales (1951–52) 31, 40–42, 44, 46, Inlets 2 (1983) 207 48, 55, 91 Lavish Escapade (1956) 110 Untitled Black Mountain Event (1952) 148–49 Minutiae (1954) 48 Variations I (1958) 51, 56, 65, 66, 67, 82–94, Music Walk with Dancers (1960) 110, 145, 107, 110, 113, 138, 139, 142–43, 144, 159, 147–48 160, 168, 175, 176, 204 Nightwandering (1958) 110 Variations II (1961) 63, 67, 81, 93, 159, 167, Rune (1959) 116 172, 173, 175–87, 196, 204, 205, 215 Septet (1953) 116 Variations III (1962) 185 Solo Suite in Space and Time (1953) 48, 116 Variations IV (1963) 185, 189 Springweather and People (1955) 197, 211 Variations V (1965) 190 Suite by Change (1952) 157 Variations VI (1966) 185, 210 Suite for Five in Space and Time (1956) Variations VII (1966) 197 48–49 Water Music (1952) 32, 41, 42–43, 44, 45, 46, Suite for Two (1956) 48, 110 80, 91, 92, 113, 138, 185, 186 Travelogue (1976) 197, 198, 200 Water Walk (1959) 80, 98, 99, 103, 138, Untitled Solo (1953) 110 148, 159 Waka (1960) 110 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01432-9 - John Cage and David Tudor: Correspondence on Interpretation and Performance Martin Iddon Index More information Index 223 Dahl, Ingolf 26 Helmholtz, Hermann von 192 Dallapiccola, Luigi 9 Helms, Hans G. 107, 114, 130, 166 Daniel née Lederman, Minna 9 Helms, Khris 114, 130 Davidovsky, Mario 133 Hidalgo, Juan 100 Darmstadt New Music Courses 36, 93, 96, 105, Higgins, Dick 120 106, 109, 119, 135, 139, 166, 168 Hiller, Lejaren A. 188, 192, 193 Debussy, Claude 29, 30 Hinrichsen, Walter 117, 122 Dennison, Doris 26 Horton, Lester 26 Dienes, Sari 34 Hoyer, Dore 104 Donaueschinger Musiktage 46–47, 126 Hübner, Herbert 113 Dunn, Robert 116, 117, 127, 133 Hunter Playhouse 8 Huxley, Aldous 99 Erdman, Jean 2–5, 12, 13, 16 Creature on a Journey (1942) 3 Ichiyanagi, Toshi 133, 135, 137, 193 Erle, Broadus 10, 14, 32 Music for Piano 2 110, 113 Everding, August 125, 128 Jansen, Margaret 26 Farber, Viola 107 Jayakar, Pupul 137 Feldman, Morton 1, 3–5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, Johns, Jasper 107, 116, 134 15, 17–18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, Johnson, Ray 32 33, 34, 46, 99, 104, 107, 124, 133, 146 Johnston, Ben 157 4 Songs to e.e.cummings (1951) 13 Johnston, Jill 147 Intersection #2 (1951) 31, 60 Jones, Joe 119 Intersection #3 (1952) 60 Jouvet, Louis 29 Marginal Intersection (1951) 15 Julliard School of Music 9, 27, 29 Projection #2 (1951) 8 Two Pianos (1958) 93 Kagel, Mauricio 95, 105, 106, 107, 108, 112, 121, Fonaratoo, Carmine 8 131, 132, 135 Ford, Gordon Onslow 26 Sonant (1960/ ...) 132 Foss, Lukas 137, 191 String Sextet (1953/1957) 81 Fromm, Paul 127 Transición II (1958–59) 106 Fylkingen 96, 108, 109–10, 111, 122, 123, Kagel, Ursula 114 128, 139 Kant, Immanuel 215 Kendergi, Maryvonne 119, 121 Gazzelloni, Severino 101, 106 Kiessler, Frederick 29 Glanville-Hicks, Peggy 97 Knowles, Alison 120 Goeyvaerts, Karel Kosugi, Takehisa 196, 202, 204, 206 Sonata for Two Pianos 36 Wind 202 Goldowski Renner, Natasha 23 Koussevitzky, Olga 127 Goldowski, Madame 23 Kremen, Irwin 44 Gould, Ronald 8 Krenek, Ernst 9 Graham, Martha 2 Hexaeder (1958) 81 Graves, Morris, 27 Kubera, Joseph 197 Grimaud, Yvette 27 Guggenheim, Peggy 2, 95, 103, 112, 116, Lauhus, Haro 131, 132 128, 137 Lederman, Minna see Daniel, Minna Lippold, Richard 32 Häger, Bengt 109, 118 Litz, Katherine 4, 13, 23 Halpern, Doris 3 Loft, Abram 16 Halprin, Anna 118 Long, Lois 101, 107, 136 Hambraeus, Bengt 109, 110, 111, 118, 129 Luening, Otto 16, 133 Harich-Schneider, Eta 33 Harrison, Lou 1, 10, 15, 23, 24, 26, 31, 114 Maderna, Bruno 100, 101, 103, 105, 127 Canticle No.
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