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Interviewee:
Callahan, Harry M.  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Names:
Albers, Josef  Search this
Bird, Bonnie  Search this
Buhlig, Richard, 1880-1952  Search this
Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965  Search this
Cunningham, Merce  Search this
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968  Search this
Johns, Jasper, 1930-  Search this
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008  Search this
Tobey, Mark  Search this
Watts, Alan, 1915-1973  Search this
Weiss, Adolph, 1891-1971  Search this
Extent:
55 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1974 May 2
Scope and Contents:
An interview of John Cage conducted 1974 May 2, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Cage speaks of his education; studying art and architecture in Europe; his paintings; his music teachers including Richard Buhlig, Henry Cowell, and Adolph Weiss; his lectures on modern art and music; his first wife, Xenia; teaching at the Cornish School, the Chicago Institute of Design, and Black Mountain College; taking chess lessons from Marcel Duchamp; Oriental philosophy; and "Silence," "Empty Words," and other compositions. He recalls Josef Albers, Bonnie Bird, Merce Cuningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Tobey, Alan Watts, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
John Cage (1912-1992) was a composer and printmaker from New York, New York.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 39 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Occupation:
Composers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Topic:
Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.cage74
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95269fba8-5147-4e92-aa8a-062cd7e6d971
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-cage74