John Cage (ex)plain(ed)Writer/composer/performer/painter/poet are just a few hats that the musician John Cage (1912-1992) wore through his long and productive life. For over five decades, he changed the shape of American art and culture by pushing the envelope of what could be called "art". Quietly, working at the edges of acceptability, often ridiculed and rarely performed at first, Cage grew to be the most influential of all American artists, influencing not only composers and fellow musicians like Philip Glass, but also performance artists such as Laurie Anderson and Yoko Ono and visual artists Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. This book presents Cage's life and works in all media, explaining the workings of one of our greatest creators. -- Describes Cage's major works in all media, including musical works, theatrical pieces, radio works, visual arts, and poetry and prose -- Draws extensively on interviews with Cage conducted by the author and not previously published |
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Cage was so emancipated from professional conventions that he could freely
follow his imagination into any medium and risk innovative work in areas other
than music. Though his ideas invite disagreement, even from the sophisticated, ...
Cage was so emancipated from professional conventions that he could freely
follow his imagination into any medium and risk innovative work in areas other
than music. Though his ideas invite disagreement, even from the sophisticated, ...
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... which is to say that the lighting could not be intentionally manipulated either to
focus the audience's attention or to give one performer more presence than the
others. One subsequent innovation that could be used in any later performance is
...
... which is to say that the lighting could not be intentionally manipulated either to
focus the audience's attention or to give one performer more presence than the
others. One subsequent innovation that could be used in any later performance is
...
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What is remarkable is that Cage, after fifty years of ignoring opera, had in this age
when "everything has been done" (or "artistic innovation has expired") produced
something that is by common consent truly avant-garde, something that makes ...
What is remarkable is that Cage, after fifty years of ignoring opera, had in this age
when "everything has been done" (or "artistic innovation has expired") produced
something that is by common consent truly avant-garde, something that makes ...
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KJohn Cage Inventor | 3 |
Fomenter of Radical Consciousness | 9 |
TU Works | 49 |
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