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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent book for those wanting to know about Cage's ideas,
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This review is from: Conversing with Cage (Paperback)
This book is a collection of interviews with John Cage, the late avant garde composer who was one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. The interviews span nearly a half century and give a cogent idea of Cage's thought on music, art, education, politics, and social revision. If you are curious about why a composer would write music that is "silent", why he would use chance, nonintention, and denounce music as communication, this is a good book to begin an overview of Cage's philosophy of art. It also shows that Cage's musical thought was not monolithic, but changed several times in the course of his life, as did his music. |
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Conversing with Cage by Richard Kostelanetz (Paperback - Sept. 1988)
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