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Music, Music Feature Apr 4, 2019
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John Cage’s treasures are hiding in plain sight

The influential experimental composer’s largest archive lives in a library at Northwestern—and it goes a lot deeper than its famous Beatles lyric sheets.
- By Justin Curto
- Tags: Music Feature, John Cage, Northwestern University, John Cage Collection, Notations Project Collection, Correspondence Collection, new music, experimental music, Greg MacAyeal, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 4’33”, HPSCHD, William Brooks, Lecture on the Weather, Beatles, Deering Library, Special Collections Reading Room, Note-o-Gram, Don L. Roberts, D.J. Hoek, Notations, Ryan Dohoney, Beatles, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Pierre Boulez, Second Piano Sonata, Steve Reich, Piano Phase, Morton Feldman, The King of Denmark, Music of Changes, Danger Musik for Dick Higgins, Fluxus, Nam June Paik, Robert Moran, Sketch for a Tragic One-Act Opera, Philip Corner, Mississippi River South of Memphis, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Marshall McLuhan, Kenneth Patchen, The City Wears a Slouch Hat, Roaratorio, Good Morning, Mr. Orwell, John Cage Research Grant, Rothko Chapel, Water Walk, Saving Abstraction, John de Menil, Dominique de Menil, Paul Sacher Foundation, Charlotte Moorman, A Feast of Astonishments, Block Museum of Art, Dick Higgins, Something Else Press, Jan Herman, Scott Krafft, Sound & Silence, Video

Music, Concert Preview Mar 23, 2017
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The CSO’s MusicNow series salutes the late Pierre Boulez
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Concert Preview, Pierre Boulez, musicnow, MusicNow: Illuminating Boulez, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Feature Nov 25, 2014
You have no excuse to give anyone a holiday album

Especially now that you know about these ten amazing box sets from the likes of Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Pierre Boulez, Captain Beefheart, and Wilco
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, 2014 holiday gift guide, Captain Beefheart, Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972, Rip Rense, Pierre Boulez, The Complete Columbia Album Collection, Ensemble InterContemporain, Miles Davis, Miles at the Fillmore, Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3, Steve Grossman, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira, Bob Dylan, The Band, The Complete Basement Tapes, Clinton Heylin, William Onyeabor, Akos Rozmann, 12 Stations/Tolv Stationer (1978-2001), 12 Stations, Stephen O'Malley, The Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions, Charlie Parker, Wardell Gray, Duke Jordan, Shorty Rogers, Russ Freeman, Erroll Garner, Dodo Marmarosa, Howard McGhee, Little Green Men, Wilco, Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014, Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, John Stirratt, Bill Bentley, David Bither, Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Teddy Edwards, Steve Marlow, Jonathan Horwich, Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings 1947-1959, Alan Lomax, Parchman Farm, The Soul of Designer Records, Style Wooten, Roland Janes

Music, Music Feature Jun 13, 2013
A new box set gives experimental composer David Tudor his due

Despite his pioneering work with electronics and indeterminacy, he’s far more obscure than his friend John Cage—in part because he considered his music a living practice rather than something to be documented.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, John Cage, spatialization, sound, liner notes, live music, David Tudor, piano, pianists, composers, New York School, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, Christian Wolff, graphic notation, indeterminacy, Karlheinz Stockhausen, La Monte Young, Sylvano Bussotti, Stefan Wolpe, interpretation, Black Mountain College, Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, chance, performance, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, scores, recordings, documentation, box sets, CDs, electronic music, experimental music, Irma Wolpe, John Adams, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, traditional instruments, Pierre Boulez, Matt Rogalsky, Robert Rauschenberg, computer music, neural networks

Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2013
Maestro Muti returns to talk up CSO's next season

Riccardo Muti is back, touting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's next season.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Opening, Arts, Music, Riccardo Muti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, CSO, Bank of America, Pierre Boulez, Jaap van Zweden Anna Clyne, Mason Bates

Columns & Opinion, On Media Dec 11, 2012
A legendary CSO horn player struggles against time

Dale Clevenger is in his twilight years—and critics can't help but notice
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Dale Clevenger, CSO brass, John von Rhein, Andrew Patner, french horn, Alice Render Clevenger, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association

Blogs, Bleader Sep 12, 2012
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ICE and Dal Niente lead this season's contemporary classical calendar

Concerts by International Contemporary Ensemble and Ensemble Dal Niente highlight this season's contemporary classical calendar
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, Museum of Contemporary art, classical music, John Cage, Pierre Boulez, Chaya Czernowin, Georg Friederich Haas, Carla Kihlstedt, Phyllis Chen, Nuiko Wadden, Janus, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 7, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Thursday, 1/7

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Books, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, The Gage, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, River East 21, The Atrium Wine Bar, Music Box, Fianco, Minna, Trap Door Theatre, Podhalanka Polksa Restauracja, Deck The Hall, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Bolat African Cuisine

Music, Soundboard Jan 7, 2010
The List: January 7-13, 2009

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Lady Gaga, Pierre Boulez with the CSO, Rob Mazurek, Anvil, Das Boton, and more
- By Barbara Yaross, Ann Sterzinger, Jessica Hopper, Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer, Miles Raymer, and Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Soundboard, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Names That Spell, Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster, The Fame, Rob Mazurek, Chicago Underground Duo, Exploding Star Orchestra, Balkano, Bryan Pardo, Tatsu Aoki, Miyumi Project, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Bill Dolan, Das Boton, Cancer Bats, Double Door, Rosemont Theatre, Green Mill, Martyrs', Velvet Lounge, House of Blues, Hideout, Bottom Lounge, Akoo Theatre at Rosemont, Akoo Theatre

Music, Music Review Dec 17, 1998
Beauty in the Strangest Places
- By Lee Sandlin
- Tags: Music Review, Music review, Pierre Boulez, CSO, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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John Cage’s treasures are hiding in plain sight

The influential experimental composer’s largest archive lives in a library at Northwestern—and it goes a lot deeper than its famous Beatles lyric sheets.

Recommended Video
The CSO’s MusicNow series salutes the late Pierre Boulez

You have no excuse to give anyone a holiday album

Especially now that you know about these ten amazing box sets from the likes of Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Pierre Boulez, Captain Beefheart, and Wilco

A new box set gives experimental composer David Tudor his due

Despite his pioneering work with electronics and indeterminacy, he’s far more obscure than his friend John Cage—in part because he considered his music a living practice rather than something to be documented.

Maestro Muti returns to talk up CSO's next season

Riccardo Muti is back, touting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's next season.

A legendary CSO horn player struggles against time

Dale Clevenger is in his twilight years—and critics can't help but notice

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ICE and Dal Niente lead this season's contemporary classical calendar

Concerts by International Contemporary Ensemble and Ensemble Dal Niente highlight this season's contemporary classical calendar

Dinner & a Show: Thursday, 1/7

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants

The List: January 7-13, 2009

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Lady Gaga, Pierre Boulez with the CSO, Rob Mazurek, Anvil, Das Boton, and more

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The influential experimental composer’s largest archive lives in a library at Northwestern—and it goes a lot deeper than its famous Beatles lyric sheets.

Especially now that you know about these ten amazing box sets from the likes of Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Pierre Boulez, Captain Beefheart, and Wilco

Despite his pioneering work with electronics and indeterminacy, he’s far more obscure than his friend John Cage—in part because he considered his music a living practice rather than something to be documented.

Riccardo Muti is back, touting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's next season.

Dale Clevenger is in his twilight years—and critics can't help but notice

Concerts by International Contemporary Ensemble and Ensemble Dal Niente highlight this season's contemporary classical calendar

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Lady Gaga, Pierre Boulez with the CSO, Rob Mazurek, Anvil, Das Boton, and more

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