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Empty Words: Writings '73 - '78 [Signed & Inscribed]

Empty Words: Writings '73 - '78 [Signed & Inscribed]

Empty Words: Writings '73 - '78 [Signed & Inscribed]
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Empty Words: Writings '73 - '78 [Signed & Inscribed]

by Cage, John

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Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed first edition of this 1979 collection of essays, mesostics, and other procedurally generated writings by the avant-garde American composer. The title work is a text-score in which chance operations are used to systematically deconstruct the journals of Henry David Thoreau--a tactic born of Cage's interest in "demilitarizing" language by making it less understandable. Other pieces include a long anecdotal poem relating to Cage's macrobiotic diet, and the "The Future of Music," which was essentially the last of Cage's nonfiction works written in a traditional essay format. Quarto (8.25 x 9.5 in.); ix, 187pp.; black cloth boards, white spine titles, in dust jacket. Neatly signed and inscribed ("For Jo") by Cage, in red felt-tip pen, on the half-title page. Light foxing to edges of textblock and sporadically to interior; boards lightly shelfworn; mild musty odor. In a price-clipped jacket showing moderate rubbing and wear, particularly along the spine hinges. A very good copy in like jacket.

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Bookseller
Dividing Line Books US (US)
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001682
Title
Empty Words: Writings '73 - '78 [Signed & Inscribed]
Author
Cage, John
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Place of Publication
Middletown, CT
Date Published
1979
Weight
0.00 lbs

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