{"product_id":"9780822355762","title":"Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage, the Sixties, and Sound Recording","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Cage's disdain for records was legendary. He repeatedly spoke of the ways in which recorded music was antithetical to his work. In \u003ci\u003eRecords Ruin the Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, David Grubbs argues that, following Cage, new genres in experimental and avant-garde music in the 1960s were particularly ill suited to be represented in the form of a recording. These activities include indeterminate music, long-duration minimalism, text scores, happenings, live electronic music, free jazz, and free improvisation. How could these proudly evanescent performance practices have been adequately represented on an LP?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their day, few of these works circulated in recorded form. By contrast, contemporary listeners can encounter this music not only through a flood of LP and CD releases of archival recordings but also in even greater volume through Internet file sharing and online resources. Present-day listeners are coming to know that era's experimental music through the recorded artifacts of composers and musicians who largely disavowed recordings. In \u003ci\u003eRecords Ruin the Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, Grubbs surveys a musical landscape marked by altered listening practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021404324080,"sku":"9780822355762","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780822355762_p0.jpg?v=1763751495","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780822355762","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}