Letters sent to Pauline Schindler, 1934-1964 (bulk 1935).

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Letters sent to Pauline Schindler, 1934-1964 (bulk 1935).

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Twenty-four personal, intimate letters from John Cage to Pauline Schindler, wife of American architect Rudolf Schindler, dated from 1934 to 1959, mostly written while Cage lived in Los Angeles. The letters brim with youthful exuberance and verge on the poetic. Interspersed, Cage describes his music studies with Wendell Hoss (French horn) and Arnold Schönberg (counterpoint), his relationship with Richard Buhlig and his own early compositional work. His accounts of concerts illustrate Cage's active involvement and interest in the Los Angeles music scene and his musical tastes. Additionally, Cage mentions his relationship with and impending marriage to Xenia. The collection also includes three drafts of letters from Schindler to Cage, ca. 1935, and a copy of a letter from her to Rockwell Kent, dated 1964, in which she quotes Cage, who relates his work to chaos.

28 letters.

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