| Uniform title | Correspondence. Selections. English |
| Contents |
Introduction. Cage and Boulez: a chapter of music history -- Letters and documents. Pierre Boulez's introduction to Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano by John Cage, at Suzanne Tezenas's salon probably 17 June 1949 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: between 20 and 24 May 1949 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: November 1949 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: 4 December 1949 -- Atrticle by John Cage: "Forerunners of modern music": March 1949 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: 3, 11, and 12 January 1950 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: 17 January 1950 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: April 1950 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: May 1950 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: 5 June 1950 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: June 1950 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: 21 June 1950 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: June 1950 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: late June / early July 1950 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: 2 July 1950 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: 26 July 1950 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Souvtchinsky: after 18 July 1950 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: July or August 1950 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: probably August 1950 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Souvtchinsky: probably August 1950 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: 1 September 1950 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: autumn 1950 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: 18 December 1950 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: 30 December 1950 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: between 7 and 21 May 1951 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: 22 May 1951 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: between 22 May and 17 July 1951 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: 17 July 1951 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: August 1951 -- Statements by Morton Feldman, John Cage and Christian Wolff collected by John Cage: 1951-2 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: summer 1951 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: after 6 October 1951 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: December 1951 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: before 21 May 1952 -- Pierre Boulez on John Cage in "Possibly": 1951-2 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: summer 1952 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: 1 October 1952 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: 2 November 1952 -- Pierre Boulez on John Cage in "Tendencies in recent music": 1953 -- Letter from John Cage to Pierre Boulez: 1 May 1953 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: after 18 June 1953 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: July 1954 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: end July/beginning August 1954 -- Pierre Boulez: article "Cage" for the Encyclopedie Fasquelle: 1958 -- Letter from Pierre Boulez to John Cage: 5 September 1962. |
| Abstract |
Between May 1949 and August 1954 the composers Pierre Boulez and John Cage exchanged series of remarkable letters which reflect on their own music and the culture of the time. This correspondence, together with other relevant documents, has been edited by Jean-Jackques Nattiez and appears here for the first time completely in English. |
| General note | Originally published in French and English as Pierre Boulez/John Cage: Correspondance et documents by Amadeus Verlag, Winterthur, Switzerland, 1990. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 92036867 |
| ISBN | 0521401445 (hardback) |
