Mureau

John Cage’s lecture.
The lecture begins with reading of Mureau, the first part of “Empty Words”, which is based on a Thoreau text. The program concludes with a lengthy question and answer session that followed Cage’s appearance at the Cabrillo Music Festival in August 1977. It is often in addressing the public’s questions that Cage’s brilliance is most memorable, and this example is no exception. Of particular interest is his description of how he uses chance operations in his creative processes.

Mureau (1970) is described as

An I-Ching determined Collage of Quotes on Music, Sound & Silences from the Diaries of D.H.Thoreau

And in fact, the title is the juxtaposition of the first part of the word "Music" and the final part of Thoreau.

from Internet Archive
Mureau can also be downloaded from UBUWeb in a 1972 execution.

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