[NewMusic] Essential texts?

[Joseph Zitt]

Phillip Greenlief wrote:
> 1) Many (not all!) young people are not reading important texts that
> refer directly to the music they are involved in; I also notice the same
> age group tends to neglect reading "essential texts" that are non-music
> related.
What would you list among the important/essential texts relating to this 
music? A couple that pop to mind for me are the "Arcana" anthology 
edited by John Zorn and Cage's "Silence".