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Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology

Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology

Sonic Ghosts

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  • Release Date: 05/02/2026
  • Barcode: 9781009487955
  • Genre: Entertainment & The Arts
  • Sub-Genre: Music Theory & Performance
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology

Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology

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Sonic Ghosts
'What does it mean to follow a ghost?' Posing this question in Specters of Marx (1993), Jacques Derrida introduces the philosophical concept of 'hauntology' and the 'medium of the media' through the Shakespearian trope that time is 'out of joint'. Replete with ghostly crackles, hiss, pops and static, analogue media occupied a pivotal role in experimental music and praxis in the twentieth century, particularly during the 1960s, when composers such as John Cage and Luigi Nono systematically exploited the affordances of records and tape in composition and performance. Exploring hauntology's ghostly interplay with music and technology, this Element considers lost futures, past usage and future implications for hauntological music from the late 1930s to the twenty-first century.

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