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The Lecture on Nothing was reprinted in Silence, pp 109-126. back

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The Juilliard Lecture, reprinted in A Year from Monday (pp 95-111), ends “A vacant lot, a piece of string and a sunset, possessing neither, each acts.” back

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45' for a Speaker, reprinted in Silence (pp 146-192), was written in 1954 using chance operations for a lecture at the Composers’ Concourse in London. back

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The Rutgers Lecture, as revised and delivered at Darmstadt in 1958, was reprinted in Silence, pp 41-56. back

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The 159th and 160th stories are about the trip to Brussels; the 28th story has an anecdote about Karlheinz Stockhausen’s reaction to the Indeterminacy lecture. back

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The 23rd story is about this occasion. back

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The 25-Year Retrospective Concert of the Music of John Cage is now available on CD from Wergo; I’m not sure if its liner notes contain manuscript pages from the Concert, however. I doubt that the Stable Gallery shows Cage’s manuscripts any more -- it’s even possible it no longer exists. back

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This was Cage’s note. back