The Roaring Silence: John Cage: A LifeSimon and Schuster, 03.06.2014 - 384 Seiten John Cage has been described as the most important composer of our time. He combined classical European training with Eastern spirituality to produce an American amalgam of such vitality and originality that it continues to define what we mean by avant-garde. His influence has touched generations of artists, including Philip Glass, David Byrne, and his longtime collaborator Merce Cunningham. His work and ideas have influenced not only the world of music but also dance, painting, printmaking, video art, and poetry. The Roaring Silence documents his life in unrivaled detail, interweaving a close account of the evolution of his work with an exploration of his aesthetic and philosophical ideas, while placing these in the greater perspective of American life and letters. Paying due attention to Cage’s inventions, such as the prepared piano, and his pioneering use of indeterminate notation and chance operations in composition (utilizing the I Ching), David Revill also illuminates Cage the performer, printmaker, watercolorist, expert amateur mycologist, game show celebrity, political anarchist, and social activist. Arnold Schoenberg once called Cage “not a composer, but an inventor—of genius.” This revised edition presents never-before-seen correspondence between Cage and other luminaries of his day, as well as new analysis into his legacy. The Roaring Silence celebrates the life and work of this true American original. |
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THREE 19241930 | |
FOUR 19301935 | |
FIVE 19351938 | |
SIX 19381940 | |
SEVEN 19401943 | |
EIGHT 19431947 | |
NINE 19481950 | |
TEN Zen | |
TWELVE 19521956 | |
THIRTEEN 19571966 | |
FOURTEEN 19671977 | |
FIFTEEN 19771991 | |
SIXTEEN To 1992 | |
Selective Chronology of Visual Works | |
Bibliography | |
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