Format:
XIII, 287 S.
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ill., Notenbeisp.
Edition:
Transferred to digital print.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. New York Cambridge Collections Online 2011 Online-Ressource Cambridge companions online
Edition:
The Cambridge companions complete collection
Edition:
The Cambridge companions to music
ISBN:
9780521783484
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0521783488
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9780521789684
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0521789680
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to music
Content:
John Cage (1912–1992) was without doubt one of the most important and influential figures in twentieth-century music. Pupil of Schoenberg, Henry Cowell, Marcel Duchamp, and Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, among others, he spent much of his career in pursuit of an unusual goal: 'giving up control so that sounds can be sounds', as he put it. This book celebrates the richness and diversity of Cage's achievements - the development of the prepared piano and of the percussion orchestra, the adoption of chance and of indeterminacy, the employment of electronic resources and of graphic notation, and the questioning of the most fundamental tenets of Western art music. Besides composing around 300 works, he was also a prolific performer, writer, poet, and visual artist. Written by a team of experts, this Companion discusses Cage's background, his work, and its performance and reception, providing in sum a fully rounded portrait of a fascinating figure.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139002271
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521783484
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. The Cambridge companion to John Cage New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 ISBN 9780521783484
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521783488
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521789684
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521789680
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
Cage, John 1912-1992
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL9780521783484
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