Peter Yates, ‘<span class='italic'>Silence</span> by John Cage,’ <span class='italic'>Arts & Architecture</span> (February 1962), 4–5, 7 and 32–33

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A20 - Peter Yates, ‘Silence by John Cage,’ Arts & Architecture (February 1962), 4–5, 7 and 32–33

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John Cage and Peter Yates
Music since 1900
John Cage and Peter Yates
Copyright page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on the Text
Abbreviations
Introduction
Documents
1 John Cage to Peter Yates, undated [Thursday] [Summer 1940?], handwritten [source: PYP]
2 John Cage (288 17th Avenue, San Francisco) to Peter Yates, December 24, 1940, typewritten [source: PYP]
3 John Cage (288 17th Avenue, San Francisco) to Peter Yates, January 13, 1941 typewritten [source: PYP]
4 John Cage (288 17th Avenue, San Francisco) to Peter Yates, January 18, 1941, handwritten [source: PYP]
A1 John Cage, ‘Organized Sound’ draft, January 1941, typewritten [source: PYP]
A2 Peter Yates, ‘Organized Sound: Notes in the History of a New Disagreement: Between Sound and Tone,’ California Arts & Architecture (March 1941), 18 and 42
5 John Cage (126A Filbert [San Francisco]) to Peter Yates, undated [before May 14, 1941], handwritten [source: PYP]
6 John Cage to Peter Yates, undated, typewritten [ca. October/November 1947] [source: PYP]
7 John Cage to Peter Yates, undated [ca. December 1947], typewritten [source: PYP]
8 John Cage to Peter Yates, undated [ca. September 1948], handwritten [source: PYP]
A3 Peter Yates, ‘Music,’ Arts & Architecture (September 1948), 20 and 22
9 John Cage to Peter Yates, undated [ca. October/November 1948], typewritten [source: PYP]
A4 Peter Yates, ‘Music,’ Arts & Architecture (November 1948), 18–20 (20)
10 John Cage to Peter Yates, undated [ca. November/December 1948], typewritten [source: PYP]
11 John Cage to Peter Yates, undated [ca. December 1948], handwritten [source: PYP]
12 John Cage to Peter Yates, undated [early 1949?], handwritten [source: PYP]
A5 Peter Yates, ‘Music,’ Arts & Architecture (April 1949), 21–23
13 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, March 14, 1953, typewritten [source: JCC]
A6 Peter Yates, ‘Music,’ Arts & Architecture (July 1953), 32–34
14 John Cage (326 Monroe St, NYC) to Peter Yates, August 4, 1953, typewritten [source: PYP]
15 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, August 8, 1953, typewritten [source: JCC]
A7 Peter Yates, ‘Pierre Boulez,’ Arts & Architecture (July 1957), 8, 12, and 34–36 (8)
A8 Peter Yates, ‘A Collage of American Composers – Part 3,’ Arts & Architecture (January 1959), 4–5 and 32–33 (5 and 32)
A9 Peter Yates, ‘A Collage of American Composers – Part 4,’ Arts & Architecture (February 1959), 4–5, 8–9, and 30 (4–5, 8)
16 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, May 5, 1959, typewritten [source: JCC]
17 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, May 19, 1959, typewritten [source: PYP]
18 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, May 22, 1959, typewritten [source: JCC]
19 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, June 4, 1959, typewritten [source: JCC]
A10 Peter Yates, ‘Virgil Thomson and Horatio Parker,’ Arts & Architecture (November 1959), 5, 8–10, and 12 (5 and 8)
20 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, December 8, 1959, typewritten [source: JCC]
21 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, December 17, 1959, typewritten [source: JCC]
22 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, December 28, 1959, typewritten [source: PYP]
23 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, January 2, 1960, typewritten [source: JCC]
24 Peter Yates to John Cage, January 28, 1960 (if that is rite [sic]), typewritten [source: JCC]
25 John Cage to Peter Yates, undated [ca, February 1960], handwritten [source: PYP]
A11 Peter Yates, ‘Two Albums by John Cage – Part 1,’ Arts & Architecture (March 1960), 5–6, 8 and 32
26 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, March 20, 1960, typewritten [source: JCC]
27 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, March 21, 1960, typewritten [source: PYP]
28 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, March 23, 1960, typewritten [source: JCC]
A12 Peter Yates, ‘Two Albums by John Cage – Part 2,’ Arts & Architecture (April 1960), 10–12, 34 and 36–37
29 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, April 12, 1960, typewritten [source: PYP]
30 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, April 20, 1960, typewritten [source: JCC]
31 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, April 30, 1960, typewritten [source: PYP]
32 Peter Yates to John Cage, May 8, 1960, typewritten [source: JCC]
33 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, May 12, 1960, typewritten [source: JCC]
34 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, May 27, 1960, typewritten [source: PYP]
35 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, May 31, 1960, typewritten [source: JCC]
36 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, June 6, 1960, typewritten [source: PYP]
37 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, June 6, 1960, typewritten [source: PYP]
38 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, June 9, 1960, typewritten [source: JCC]
39 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, June 23, 1960, typewritten [source: PYP]
A13 Peter Yates, ‘Monday Mad on Tuesday,’ Arts & Architecture (July 1960), 4, 9 and 32 (4 and 32)
A14 Peter Yates, ‘Music,’ Arts & Architecture (August 1960), 4, 6–8, 31–32 (4)
40 John Cage to Peter Yates, August 17, 1961, handwritten [source: PYP]
41 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles), to John Cage, August 21, 1961, typewritten [source: JCC]
A15 Peter Yates, ‘American Experimental Tradition,’ unpublished manuscript [ca. 1961] [source: PYP]
42 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, September 8, 1961, typewritten [source: PYP]
43 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, September 11, 1961, typewritten [source: PYP]
44 John Cage to Peter Yates, undated [mid-September 1961], typewritten [source: PYP]
45 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, September 22, 1961, typewritten [source: PYP]
46 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, September 29, 1961, typewritten [source: PYP]
47 Peter Yates to John Cage, October 2, 1961, typewritten [source: JCC]
48 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, October 2, 1961, typewritten [source: PYP]
49 Peter Yates to John Cage, October 9, 1961, handwritten [source: JCC]
A16 Peter Yates and John Whitney, ‘Notes for Music,’ unpublished manuscript [1961], typewritten [source: JCC]
A17 Peter Yates, ‘Sound,’ manuscript [1961], typewritten [source: JCC]
50 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, October 13, 1961, typewritten [source: PYP]
51 Peter Yates to John Cage, October 18, 1961, typewritten [source: JCC]
52 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, November 12, 1961, typewritten [source: JCC]
A18 Peter Yates, ‘A Lost Center,’ manuscript [1961], typewritten [source: PYP]
53 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, November 20, 1961, typewritten [source: PYP]
54 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, November 27, 1961, typewritten [source: PYP]
A19 Peter Yates, ‘A General Report,’ Arts & Architecture (January 1962), 6–9 and 34 (6)
55 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, January 17, 1962, typewritten [source: PYP]
56 John Cage (c/o Miss Virginia Liese, 444 Franklin, Denver, CO) to Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles), postmarked February 1, 1962, typewritten [source: PYP]
A20 Peter Yates, ‘Silence by John Cage,’ Arts & Architecture (February 1962), 4–5, 7 and 32–33
A21 Peter Yates, review of John Cage, Silence, Notes: the Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, vol. 19, no. 2 (March 1962), 257–58
A22 Peter Yates, ‘More Than Time,’ Arts & Architecture (April 1962), 4–5, 7 and 28 (4 and 7)
A23 Peter Yates, ‘John Cage’s Weekend in Los Angeles,’ Arts & Architecture (May 1962), 4 and 30–32
57 John Cage (Stony Point) to Frances and Peter Yates, May 14, 1962, typewritten [source: PYP]
A24 Peter Yates, ‘The American Artist,’ manuscript written for the Wingspread Conference on the Arts, June 8–10, 1962, typewritten [source: PYP]
58 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, July 19, 1962, typewritten [source: JCC]
59 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, July 30, 1962, typewritten [source: PYP]
60 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, September 20, 1962, typewritten [source: PYP]
61 John Cage (Akasaka) to Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena St, Los Angeles), November 10, 1962, handwritten [source: PYP]
62 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, January 16, 1963, typewritten [source: PYP]
63 John Cage to Peter Yates, undated [ca. September–October 1963], handwritten [source: PYP]
A25 Peter Yates, ‘Merce Cunningham Restores The Dance to Dance,’ Arts & Architecture (November 1963), 12–13, 40–41
A26 Peter Yates, ‘Amateur versus Professional,’ Arts in Society, vol. 3, no. 1 (1965), 19–24 (21–22)
64 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, August 6, 1965, typewritten [source: PYP]
65 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, August 9, 1965, typewritten [source: JCC]
66 John Cage (School of Art, University of Saskatchewan, Okema Beach, P.O.) to Peter Yates, undated [between August 15 and 28, 1965], handwritten [source: PYP]
A27 Peter Yates, ‘A Ford to Travel 4: ONCE in Ann Arbor,’ Arts & Architecture (September 1965), 8–9 and 33 (8–9)
67 Peter Yates (Los Angeles) to John Cage, September 9, 1965, typewritten [source: JCC]
68 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, September 19, 1965, typewritten [source: PYP]
69 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, September 24, 1965, typewritten [source: PYP]
70 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, September 29, 1965, typewritten [source: JCC]
71 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, October 3, 1965, typewritten [source: JCC]
72 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, October 6, 1965, typewritten [source: PYP]
73 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, October 7, 1965, typewritten [source: PYP]
74 Peter Yates (postmarked Los Angeles) to John Cage, October 8, 1965, typewritten [source: JCC]
75 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, October 11, 1965, typewritten [source: PYP]
76 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, October 13, 1965, typewritten [source: JCC]
77 Peter Yates to John Cage, November 15, 1965, typewritten [source: JCC]
78 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena St, Los Angeles), postmarked December 3, 1965, typewritten [source: PYP]
79 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, December 4, 1965, typewritten [source: JCC]
80 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, December 7, 1965, typewritten [source: PYP]
81 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, December 9, 1965, typewritten [source: JCC]
A28 Peter Yates, ‘The Proof of the Notation – Part II,’ Arts & Architecture (January 1966), 34–36 (34–35)
82 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, January 1, 1966, typewritten [source: PYP]
83 Peter Yates to John Cage, January 5, 1966, typewritten [source: JCC]
84 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, January 9, 1966, typewritten [source: JCC]
85 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, January 13, 1966, typewritten [source: PYP]
86 Peter Yates to John Cage, undated [January 1966], handwritten [source: JCC]
87 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, January 16, 1966, typewritten [source: JCC]
88 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, January 21, 1966, typewritten [source: PYP]
89 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, March 7, 1966, typewritten [source: PYP]
90 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, May 2, 1966, typewritten [source: JCC]
91 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, May 8, 1966, handwritten [source: PYP]
92 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, May 11, 1966, typewritten [source: JCC]
93 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter Yates, May 23, 1966, typewritten [source: PYP]
94 Peter Yates to John Cage, May 24, 1966, typewritten [source: JCC]
95 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, June 3, 1966 [source: JCC]
A29 Peter Yates, ‘The New Art,’ Arts & Architecture (September 1966), 6 and 35–36 (35)
96 Frances and Peter Yates to John Cage, ca. December 6, 1966, handwritten [source: JCC]
97 John Cage (Stony Point) to Peter and Frances Yates, December 21, 1966, typewritten [source: PYP]
98 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, December 27, 1966, typewritten [source: JCC]
A30 Peter Yates, acrostic on Igor Stravinsky, November 1, 1966, typewritten [source: JCC]
99 John Cage (380 Oregon Ave. (Apt. 300), Cincinnati, OH) to Peter Yates, January 18, 1967, typewritten [source: PYP]
100 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, January 19, 1967, typewritten [source: JCC]
101 John Cage (380 Oregon Avenue, Cincinatti) to Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles), March 10, 1967, typewritten [source: JCC]
102 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, March 11, 1967, typewritten [source: JCC]
103 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, September 24, 1967, typewritten [source: JCC]
104 John Cage (401 Edgebrook Dr., Apt 303, Champaign, IL) to Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles), October 15, 1967, handwritten [source: JCC]
105 Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles) to John Cage, October 19, 1967, typewritten [source: JCC]
A31 Peter Yates, ‘Friday’s Lecture,’ unpublished manuscript [ca. 1967] [source: PYP]
A32 Peter Yates, ‘The Question of Stasis,’ Arts in Society, vol. 5, no. 2 (1968), 333–43 (339 and 341–43)
106 Peter Yates (State University College at Buffalo) to John Cage, November 23, 1968, typewritten [source: JCC]
107 John Cage (University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign) to Peter Yates (State University College at Buffalo), December 6, 1968, typewritten [source: JCC]
108 Peter Yates (State University College at Buffalo) to John Cage, December 10, 1968, typewritten [source: JCC]
109 John Cage (607½ West University, Champaign, IL) to Peter Yates (State University College at Buffalo), January 25, 1969, typewritten [source: PYP]
110 John Cage (607½ West University, Champaign, IL) to Peter Yates, March 4, 1969, typewritten [source: PYP]
111 Telegram from John Cage (Champaign) to Peter Yates (Buffalo), March 4, 1969 [source: PYP]
112 Peter Yates (State University College at Buffalo) to John Cage, March 8, 1969, typewritten [source: JCC]
A33 Peter Yates, ‘HPSCHD – working draft of note for record jacket,’ typewritten manuscript, undated [1969] [source: PYP]
113 Peter Yates (State University College at Buffalo) to John Cage, April 25, 1969, typewritten [source: JCC]
A34 Peter Yates, ‘Lecture: On the Rocks,’ Arts in Society, vol. 6, no. 2 (1969), 275–84 (275–76)
114 John Cage (107 Bank St, NYC) to Peter and Frances Yates (68 Dorchester Rd, Buffalo, NY), January 9, 1971, handwritten [source: PYP]
115 John Cage (107 Bank Street, New York) to Peter Yates (68 Dorchester Road, Buffalo), December 29, 1971, handwritten [source: JCC]
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Information: John Cage and Peter Yates
Correspondence on Music Criticism and Aesthetics
, pp. 181 - 188

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108628815 [Opens in a new window]

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