KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Source: Second Series: Program No 2, Cage on Chance

Analog Audio

Event Type

Lectures and Panel Discussions

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

SRC.1970.XX.XX.4

Program Series

Source

Program Length

49 min

Dates

| broadcast
| 1969-10-28 | created

Description

This program is dedicated to a lecture given by John Cage’s on October 28, 1969, at the University of California Davis during his class on “Music in Dialogue”. Cage assigns a class exercise using library catalog cards and chance operations, the students then divide into their groups to discuss the project.

Genres

Avant-garde

Subjects

Group facilitation
Aleatory music
Chance operations

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Related places

Davis (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Cage, John