John Cage correspondence
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Scope and Contents
Parts of this collection have been digitized and can be viewed here:
John Cage Correspondence.
The Cage Correspondence collection is comprised of correspondence and ephemera including letters, cards, clippings, catalogs, photographs, negatives, cassette tapes, music scores, and art. Early materials focus on family correspondence and newspaper clippings and are interspersed with Cage's own notes and manuscripts. Later correspondence is enhanced through Cage's use of "Note-o-Grams" which provides carbon copies of his sent messages.
Dates
- 1901 - 1993
- Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990
Creator
- Cage, John (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
121 Boxes
Abstract
John Cage was an American composer and music theorist, and a leading figure of the post-war avant-garde. The Cage Correspondence collection is comprised of correspondence and ephemera including letters, cards, clippings, catalogs, photographs, negatives, cassette tapes, music scores, and art.
Acquisition Information
Materials received from John Cage and the John Cage Trust in several donations during the 1970s-1990s.
Digitized Materials
- Title
- Guide to the John Cage correspondence
- Date
- 2010-00-00
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Library Details
Part of the Music Library Repository
Deering Library, Level 3
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-491-3635
specialcollections@northwestern.edu