Silence: Lectures and Writings
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Silence: Lectures and Writings is a seminal collection of essays, lectures, and experimental texts by composer John Cage that explores his radical ideas on sound, chance, and the nature of music and art.
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| Silence: Lectures and Writings canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Silence: Lectures and Writings Context triple: [John Cage, wrote, Silence: Lectures and Writings]
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A.
He Is There and He Is Not Silent
"He Is There and He Is Not Silent" is a Christian philosophical and apologetic work by Francis Schaeffer that argues for the existence and self-revelation of the personal God of the Bible in response to modern secular thought.
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Silence
"Silence" is a 2016 historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, in which Liam Neeson plays a Jesuit priest in 17th-century Japan grappling with faith, persecution, and apostasy.
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C.
Silence
"Silence" is a one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, communication, and the elusiveness of truth through fragmented dialogue and shifting perspectives.
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D.
Silence Is Sincere
"Silence Is Sincere" is a song featured on the album *Heigh Ho* by American singer-songwriter Blake Mills.
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E.
Silence, Please
"Silence, Please" is a humorous science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, featured in his collection *Tales from the White Hart*.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Silence: Lectures and Writings Target entity description: Silence: Lectures and Writings is a seminal collection of essays, lectures, and experimental texts by composer John Cage that explores his radical ideas on sound, chance, and the nature of music and art.
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A.
He Is There and He Is Not Silent
"He Is There and He Is Not Silent" is a Christian philosophical and apologetic work by Francis Schaeffer that argues for the existence and self-revelation of the personal God of the Bible in response to modern secular thought.
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B.
Silence
"Silence" is a 2016 historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, in which Liam Neeson plays a Jesuit priest in 17th-century Japan grappling with faith, persecution, and apostasy.
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C.
Silence
"Silence" is a one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, communication, and the elusiveness of truth through fragmented dialogue and shifting perspectives.
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D.
Silence Is Sincere
"Silence Is Sincere" is a song featured on the album *Heigh Ho* by American singer-songwriter Blake Mills.
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E.
Silence, Please
"Silence, Please" is a humorous science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, featured in his collection *Tales from the White Hart*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New York School (music)
NERFINISHED
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avant-garde ⓘ |
| author | John Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralIdea |
blurring boundary between music and noise
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redefinition of music as organized sound ⓘ role of silence in music ⓘ use of chance operations in composition ⓘ |
| containsForm |
essays
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experimental texts ⓘ lectures ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs | seminal work of 20th-century music aesthetics ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetics
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experimental literature ⓘ music theory ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780819560284 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Composition as Process
NERFINISHED
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Experimental Music ⓘ History of Experimental Music in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Indeterminacy NERFINISHED ⓘ Lecture on Nothing NERFINISHED ⓘ Lecture on Something ⓘ |
| influenced |
conceptual art
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contemporary classical music ⓘ performance art ⓘ sound art ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
artists
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musicians ⓘ scholars of music and art ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
articulating John Cage's aesthetic ideas
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influence on experimental music ⓘ |
| pageCount | 276 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | Wesleyan University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
avant-garde art
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chance operations ⓘ composition ⓘ experimental music ⓘ music ⓘ performance ⓘ philosophy of art ⓘ silence NERFINISHED ⓘ sound ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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