A monumental achievement — in considering Cage's watershed Concert with respect to historical context, sketch study and compositional realization, and performance as well as interpretation, Martin Iddon and Philip Thomas have produced a milestone in Cage scholarship.
Martin Iddon is Professor of Music and Aesthetics at the University of Leeds. His musicological research largely focuses on post-war music in Germany and the United States. He is the author of New Music at Darmstadt and John Cage and David Tudor: Correspondence on Interpretation and Performance.
Philip Thomas is Professor of Performance at the University of Huddersfield. He specializes in performing experimental notated and improvised music, and is the co-editor of Changing the System: The Music of Christian Wolff.