Il saggio s'incentra su un radiodramma mai indagato prima, di Kenneth Patchen e John Cage, "The City Wears a Slouch Hat". La natura fortemente sperimentale dell'opera attrasse il pubblico che scrisse alla produzione: tra tutte la lettera entusiasta di Merce Cunningham (anche questa inedita). L’uso di documenti inediti consistenti nel carteggio degli ascoltatori del dramma in onda alla radio in un solo giorno del 1942 denota originalità e, al contempo, rivela al grande pubblico un esperimento di John Cage poco o per nulla conosciuto.
The essay focuses on a radio play, never before researched upon, by Kenneth Patchen and John Cage, "The City Wears a Slouch Hat". The strongly experimental nature of the work attracted the audience who wrote to the producer, among which was Merce Cunningham's enthsiastic resaponse (so far unpublished).The use of unpublished documents consisting of the correspondence of the radio audience in one day of 1942 denotes originality and, at the same time, reveals a John Cage experiment little known, or not known at all, to the public at large.
Stefanelli, M.A. (2003). "Kenneth Patchen: rapsodie urbane". In Metamorfosi della città. Spazi urbani e forme di vita nella cultura occidentale (pp. 294-302). ROMA : Edizioni Altea.
"Kenneth Patchen: rapsodie urbane"
STEFANELLI, Maria Anita
2003-01-01
Abstract
The essay focuses on a radio play, never before researched upon, by Kenneth Patchen and John Cage, "The City Wears a Slouch Hat". The strongly experimental nature of the work attracted the audience who wrote to the producer, among which was Merce Cunningham's enthsiastic resaponse (so far unpublished).The use of unpublished documents consisting of the correspondence of the radio audience in one day of 1942 denotes originality and, at the same time, reveals a John Cage experiment little known, or not known at all, to the public at large.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
