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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Well, you can record any sound and then you can play any record and then you
have an instrument. Where did radio fit in this vision? It had turntables. Did these
variable-speed machines we talked about before go from one predetermined ...
Well, you can record any sound and then you can play any record and then you
have an instrument. Where did radio fit in this vision? It had turntables. Did these
variable-speed machines we talked about before go from one predetermined ...
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natural to have the sounds of traffic. In other words, I wanted to elevate the sound
effect to the level of musical instruments. That appealed to him and so he asked
me to suggest an author for the play. The first one I suggested was Henry Miller.
natural to have the sounds of traffic. In other words, I wanted to elevate the sound
effect to the level of musical instruments. That appealed to him and so he asked
me to suggest an author for the play. The first one I suggested was Henry Miller.
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The play that Kenneth Patchen had written was called The City Wears a Slouch
Hat [1942]. I stayed up for about four days really without sleeping, just napping
now and then; and I wrote. I was married then to Xenia Cage, and she would do
the ...
The play that Kenneth Patchen had written was called The City Wears a Slouch
Hat [1942]. I stayed up for about four days really without sleeping, just napping
now and then; and I wrote. I was married then to Xenia Cage, and she would do
the ...
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KJohn Cage Inventor | 3 |
Fomenter of Radical Consciousness | 9 |
TU Works | 49 |
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