The noise "superset"
 

Russell shrewdly notes that Cage's writing about "the use of noise to make music" arguable contains within it a category error:
 
"Here, still, noise and music are conceived as a dichotomy. Rather, noise is a superset embracing music within itself."

> from Bruce Russell's Left-Handed Blows: Writing on Sound 1993-2009 (2009)

> tagged with #music, #noise

> created Jan 13, 2025 at 12:37:16 PM


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