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John Cage: An Anthology (Da Capo Paperback)

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L'imballo era perfetto, il libro era in perfette condizioni, la spedizione è stata la più rapida possibile. L'acquisto è stato del tutto soddisfacente sotto tutti gli aspetti

This is THE place to begin with John Cage, easily one of the more intriguing creative minds of the 20th century.

Kostelanetz assembles a free-ranging portrait of the man - mostly varied essays and theories of composition and performance, but along the way Cage's more arcane influences also surface: his Buddhism, and fascination with chance, which was embodied in his fixation with the "I Ching," which became both a point of departure for theoretical meditations, and a most unusual compositional tool.

Cage was the quintessential modernist, and even when his music was daunting and intrepid, his ideas were never, ever stupid, ill-informed or socially disconnected. And Kostelanetz' anthology is great, affectionate, engaged and fascinating - it will turn you into an admirer.

-David Alston