First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

David Patterson is at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Introduction, Charles Hamm; Chapter 1 1. John Cage, Arnold Schoenberg, and the Musical Idea, David W. Bernstein; Chapter 2 2. Cultural Intersections: John Cage in Seattle (1938-1940), Leta E. Miller; Chapter 3 3. No Ear for Music: Timbre in the Early Percussion Music of John Cage, Christopher Shultis; Chapter 4 4. John Cage's Imaginary Landscape No. 1: Through the Looking Glass, Susan Key; Chapter 5 5. "A Therapeutic Value for City Dwellers": The Development of John Cage's Early Avant-Garde Aesthetic Position, Branden W. Joseph; Chapter 6 6. The Picture That Is Not in the Colors: Cage, Coomaraswamy, and the Impact of India, David W. Patterson; Chapter 7 7. An Imaginary Grid: Rhythmic Structure in Cage's Music Up to circa 1950, Paul van Emmerik; Chapter 8 8. Structure vs. Form in The Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, Chadwick Jenkins; Contributors Index;