Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology : Sonic Ghosts
by
Clare Lesser
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in Music since 1945
ISBN-10
1009487957
ISBN-13
9781009487955
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 5th, 2026
Print length
88 Pages
Weight
144 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.90 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Theatre studiesOther performing artsTheatre studiesOther performing artsMusicMusicalsMusic of film and stageTechniques of music / music tutorialsTechniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of musicMusic recording & reproductionMusic recording and reproductionHistory: specific events & topicsPhilosophy: metaphysics & ontologyHistory: specific events and topicsPhilosophy: metaphysics and ontologyGhosts & poltergeistsGhosts and poltergeists
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This Element explores Jacques Derrida's concept of 'hauntology' and its connection to experimental music. Focusing on the 1960s, it examines how composers like John Cage and Luigi Nono used records and tape in composition. The Element delves into lost futures, past usage and the future implications of hauntological music.
'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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