Reviews
"Of all Cage's books, it is perhaps the first, Silence, which has had the broadest impact. Even now, artists of all sorts continue to respond to its Zen principles, its chance procedures, and its revolutionary ideas about sound, silence, form, and time"ÑDance Chronicle, "As the unchallenged father figure of American experimental music, Mr. Cage wields an influence that extends far beyond sound alone....Indeed, the entire American avant-garde would be unthinkable without Mr. Cage's music, writings, and genially patriarchical personality." -- John Rockwell, The New York Times, "As the unchallenged father figure of American experimental music, Mr. Cage wields an influence that extends far beyond sound alone .Indeed, the entire American avant-garde would be unthinkable without Mr. Cage's music, writings, and genially patriarchical personality."-John Rockwell, The New York Times, "SILENCE starts with the finest dedications of modern times-'To Whom It May Concern'-and past that you embark on one of the most entertaining and rewarding intellectual voyages that contemporary literature affords."-Alfred Frankenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, "One of the most entertaining and rewarding intellectual voyages that contemporary literature affords."-San Francisco Chronicle, "As the unchallenged father figure of American experimental music, Mr. Cage wields an influence that extends far beyond sound alone....Indeed, the entire American avant-garde would be unthinkable without Mr. Cage's music, writings, and genially patriarchical personality."--John Rockwell, The New York Times, "One of the most entertaining and rewarding intellectual voyages that contemporary literature affords."--San Francisco Chronicle, "One of the most entertaining and rewarding intellectual voyages that contemporary literature affords."ÑSan Francisco Chronicle, "Of all Cage's books, it is perhaps the first, Silence, which has had the broadest impact. Even now, artists of all sorts continue to respond to its Zen principles, its chance procedures, and its revolutionary ideas about sound, silence, form, and time"-Dance Chronicle, \R"SILENCE starts with the finest dedications of modern times--'To Whom It May Concern'--and past that you embark on one of the most entertaining and rewarding intellectual voyages that contemporary literature affords."--Alfred Frankenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, "SILENCE starts with the finest dedications of modern timesÑ'To Whom It May Concern'Ñand past that you embark on one of the most entertaining and rewarding intellectual voyages that contemporary literature affords."ÑAlfred Frankenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, "As the unchallenged father figure of American experimental music, Mr. Cage wields an influence that extends far beyond sound aloneÉ.Indeed, the entire American avant-garde would be unthinkable without Mr. Cage's music, writings, and genially patriarchical personality."ÑJohn Rockwell, The New York Times, "As the unchallenged father figure of American experimental music, Mr. Cage wields an influence that extends far beyond sound alone....Indeed, the entire American avant-garde would be unthinkable without Mr. Cage's music, writings, and genially patriarchical personality."-John Rockwell, The New York Times
