Protest, Progress and (Im)possible Music

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A contextual analysis of three compositions—One anti-personnel type-CBU bomb … by Philip Corner, ‘Majority’ by Charles Ives, and Lecture on the Weather by John Cage—reveals that each is ‘impossible’. Each manifests its impossibility in a different domain: moral, physical and perceptual. But the three scores were each resituated by comments made by the composers, independent of the scores; and these comments make these ‘experimental’ works viable as expressions of aspiration rather than mere achievements.View full textDownload full textKeywordsCage, Ives, Corner, Experimentalism, Analysis, Political Music, American MusicRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2010.587318