What silence taught John Cage: The story of 4'33"

Essay from programme notes for an exhibition of Cage's work in Barcelona, by James Pritchett.

Critiques 4'33", examines the development of silence in Cage's work along with chance composition, with some very illuminating discussion of Cage's use of duration as a key to his work and the spiritual/philosophical significance of his music as well.

Paper on time as structure in aleatory

"Replicable Chance: Time as Structure in Aleatory Composition" (Olin)
Presenter - Dwane Decker

Abstract

Mike Batt/John Cage Estate controversy

Correspondence has been uploaded by the John Cage Trust on the Mike Batt "silence" controversy of a few years back - Lewis Hyde/Nicholas Riddle Exchange.

This correspondence was part of Hyde's research for his book Trickster Makes This World, which he says in the correspondance has a chapter on Cage. Riddle represented Cage's publisher. It has some interesting observations on the incident, as well as Cage's Buddhism and aleatoric practice.