Cage and dada

[Peter Becker <pbecker3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I was using dada as an adjective not a proper noun.

Cage has great respect for the dadaists, actually though he is certainly not
a Dada artist. Many of the current dada appropriationists  have a great
respect for Cage. My stepfather is a reknowned Dada appropriationist and
Dada scholar. He is a died in the wool Cage-ian. As well, many of the
notable Dada and Duchamp scholars are Cage fans as well.

The lines are somewhat transparent, but they are there.
Peter 

From: "Andrea Valle" <marta_andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: R: [microsound] the Cage fire...
Message-ID: <DNEFLBNHCGCPPIGNHGILOELNCPAA.marta_andrea@xxxxxxxxx>

Cage considered recordings as "postcards".
When asked to write a percussion piece explicitly for a recording he
composed a piece of exactly 74 minutes - CD lenght, in order to "make sense"
of the specificity of the operation.
Not to be particularly interested in anything doesn't not imply to dislike
it.
In this case, I don't think he's particularly dada.
 

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