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Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology

By Clare Lesser

Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology Philosophy

Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology

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'What does it mean to follow a ghost?' Posing this question in Specters of Marx (1993), Jacques Derrida introduces the philosophical concept of 'hauntology' and the 'medium of the media' through the Shakespearian trope that time is 'out of joint'. Replete with ghostly crackles, hiss, pops and static, analogue media occupied a pivotal role in experimental music and praxis in the twentieth century, particularly during the 1960s, when composers such as John Cage and Luigi Nono systematically exploited the affordances of records and tape in composition and performance. Exploring hauntology's ghostly interplay with music and technology, this Element considers lost futures, past usage and future implications for hauntological music from the late 1930s to the twenty-first century.
Product details
Number of Pages:
88
Release Date:
2025-09-30
Publication Date:
2026-01-15
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1009487973
ISBN13:
9781009487979
Weight:
291 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
10 cm
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