{"product_id":"9781878972118","title":"Composition In Retrospect","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten in his characteristic “mesostics” (lines of prose poetry linked by a central vertical acrostic), \u003ci\u003eComposition in Retrospect\u003c\/i\u003e is a statement of methodology in which composer John Cage examines the central issues of his work: indeterminacy, imitation, variable structure and contingency. Finished only shortly before his death in 1992, \u003ci\u003eComposition in Retrospect\u003c\/i\u003e completes the documentation of Cage’s thought that began with his classic book \u003ci\u003eSilence\u003c\/i\u003e (1961), but it is an introduction and invitation to his work as much as a summary or conclusion. Also included in this volume (at Cage’s request) is “Themes and Variations,” a piece written in 1982 about friends and heroes such as Jasper Johns, Buckminster Fuller, Marcel Duchamp and Erik Satie. Together these pieces form a book that is both a testament to the artists Cage admired and a clear statement of his own ars poetica.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exact Change","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051092689136,"sku":"9781878972118","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781878972118_p0.jpg?v=1763603263","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781878972118","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}