Classical-Drone recommends John Cage, David Nicholls’s new title in our American Composers series.

“Barely 100 pages in length, Nicholls provides a high-level overview, and in the process he is able to highlight major trends and developments that are underemphasized in more specific and technical books.

Also, I got a chuckle out of Classical-Drone’s review of Pynchon’s new book.

“Unfortunately, I found its length excessive, even for Pynchon, and would have a hard time saying what the novel was about.”