Empty Words: Writings '73-78 by John Cage (Wesleyan University Press, 1979) [from the collection of "Blue" Gene Tyranny]

$350.00

From the “Blue” Gene Tryanny Collection

Amazing first edition hardback that includes some remarkable ephemera and extras:

  • assorted Cage-related press clippings

  • museum and gallery promotional materials relating to Cage

  • a personal postcard addressed to “Blue” Gene Tyranny regarding his participation in the 1996 annual John Cage Reading at St. Mark’s Church. He needed to arrive “before 7:30 … and [to] keep it to 6 minutes or less.”

  • Also some kind of scoring notes from “Blue” for a piece about Morris Graves that appears to transcribe correspond to Cage’s piece included in this book, see Page 111.

  • And much more …

    Book is exceptionally clean, includes dust jacket and sharp corners. Appears unread.

To call this one of a kind is an understatement.

From the “Blue” Gene Tryanny Collection

Amazing first edition hardback that includes some remarkable ephemera and extras:

  • assorted Cage-related press clippings

  • museum and gallery promotional materials relating to Cage

  • a personal postcard addressed to “Blue” Gene Tyranny regarding his participation in the 1996 annual John Cage Reading at St. Mark’s Church. He needed to arrive “before 7:30 … and [to] keep it to 6 minutes or less.”

  • Also some kind of scoring notes from “Blue” for a piece about Morris Graves that appears to transcribe correspond to Cage’s piece included in this book, see Page 111.

  • And much more …

    Book is exceptionally clean, includes dust jacket and sharp corners. Appears unread.

To call this one of a kind is an understatement.