Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology

Name: Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology
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ISBN: 9781009487979

Sonic Ghosts

Clare Lesser

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Cambridge University Press
05 February 2026

Music; Musicals; Techniques of music & music tutorials; Music recording & reproduction; History: specific events & topics

Series: Elements in Music since 1945

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'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.

By: Clare Lesser
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 265g
ISBN: 9781009487979
ISBN 10: 1009487973
Series: Elements in Music since 1945
Pages: 88
Publication Date: 05 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active