Hi Pete, Actually the book that has been referred to is (according to the issue I have): JOHN CAGE, An Anthology, Edited by Richard Kostelanetz (Published by Da Capo Press)
According to Al Hansen "...the class became a little version of Black Mountain College (It is on the basis of that season, with both Dick Higgins and myself in full glory, that Cage is said to have vowed that he would never again accept students whose last name began with an "H.")" Cage's first connection with the New School for Social Research was in the early 1930s, when he came to California to study with Henry Cowell. In the 1940s he taught privately or substituted for Henry Cowell. In the 50s he began the classes in "Composition of Experimental Music," generally 3-12 students. Students were: Toshi Ichiyanagi Jackson Mac Low Richard Higgins Al Hansen George Brecht Allan Kaprow Florence Tarlow Scott Hyde. Seems to me one of the greatest outcomes of the classes was the consensus that "anything goes", which of course led to the development of "happenings" and performance art, some of the first tenets of Fluxus. Best, PK Pete Fischer wrote: > Alex, > Lucky I found a used copy for sale on Amazon. > Thanks very much for the reference. > Title: Writings of John Cage by Richard Kostelanetz > Pedro > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Alex Cook wrote: > > > I know Allan Kaprow adressed this in the John Cage Anthology ed by Richard > > Konstalenetz. I remeber him saying something to the effect of JC was > > irritated with the tack that Kaprow and Hansen took in creating scores and > > perfomances, and he joked that he would accept no more students whose names > > started with "AL" because of it. > > > > or something like that. I don't have the anthology any more, but it should > > be easy to find thru inter library loan. > > > > Alex > > NP: John Fahey - Bean Vine Blues > > > > > > > > >From: Lisa Moren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: FLUXLIST: Re: FLUXLIST-digest V3 #58 > > >Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 13:03:51 -0500 > > > > > > > I have a question... > > > > > > > > 1. Ben Vautier said that John Cage was critical to the development of > > >Fluxus. > > > > > > > > 2. Dick Higgins was of the opinion that Ben exaggerated this influence > > >too > > > > much. > > > > > > > > 3. From my research, I show that John Cage taught at > > > > the New School for Social Research > > > > from 1956 to 1960. I only find that he taught the > > > > Experimental Music Class from 1958 - 1960. > > > > > > > > 4. Some of the soon to be members of Fluxus > > > > were enrolled in that class. > > > > Others were invited in by Cage to do a performance or two. > > > > > > > > 5. The people I can find associated with the class (who were in Fluxus) > > >were: > > > > > > > > Jackson Mac Low > > > > George Brecht > > > > Allan Kaprow > > > > Al Hansen > > > > Dick Higgins > > > > Toshi Ichiyanagi > > > > La Monte Young > > > > Jim Dine > > > > > > > > Question: Is this list complete? > > > > Which were actual students of the class and which were invited > > >performers? > > > > > >I thought some were invited to take and retake the class, to keep the > > >interesting momentum going. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In the opinion of anyone who cares to respond, > > > > how much influence did this class have on the > > > > later development of Fluxus? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Pedro > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > >
