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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John Cage correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Cage Correspondence
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.

Dates: 1901 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990

John Cage correspondence addenda

 Collection
Identifier: Cage Addenda
Abstract

This is correspondence that is related to John Cage but was not given to Northwestern by the composer. Letters are between Cage and the person in the folder's title unless otherwise indicated in the container list. Of particular interest are letters from John and Xenia Cage to friends in California that relate their experiences while living in Chicago in the early 1940s.

Dates: 1941-1992