1998
Tradition. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1998. Max Neuhaus
In Christopher Shultis’s 1998 book, Silencing the Sounded Self, Max Neuhaus is analyzed as a critical successor to the American experimental tradition established by John Cage and Henry Thoreau. Shultis explores how Neuhaus transitioned from being a "sounded self" (a virtuoso performer) to an artist who facilitated the "silencing" of the ego to prioritize environmental perception