American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912-1992) experimented with the nature of sound and devised new systems of musical notation. His innovative ideas on composition and performance influenced mu...
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John Cage is perhaps unique in the range and depth of his influence on post-1945 artistic practice. John Rockwell wrote in The New York Times, "As the unchallenged father figure of American experiment...
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In the following interview, conducted in 1974-75, Cage discusses Mureau, his work on Thoreau's Journal and explains his experiments with the structure and sound of language in Empty Words.
I...
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In the following essay, Perloff refutes John Hollander's negative assessment of the artistic merit of Cage's work and offers the explanation that Cage's writing—although it...
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In the following essay, Sabatini describes the various media and genres of Cage's works, analyzes his experimental forms and styles, and attempts to explain his use of space and visuals to enha...
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In the following essay, Herwitz views Cage's works as anarchic studies of humanity, politics, and language.
It was almost inevitable that John Cage would move from composing in music to comp...
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In the following essay, Perloff examines the form and content of Cage's mesostic endeavors, arguing that in his mesostic poems, Cage adds musical texture and deeper meaning to the texts he uses...
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Korean-born composer, performer, and artist (b. July 20, 1932,
Seoul
, Korea [now in
South Korea
]—d. Jan. 29, 2006,
Miami Beach, Fla.
), was from the early 1960s one of Postmodern art's m...
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A couple of years ago, the O.K. Harris Gallery organized an exhibition of late sculptures by Philip Pavia (1912–2005). Pavia died shortly after this tantalizing show of large primitivistic he...
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of George Balanchine’s greatest creations—and one of the greatest of all story ballets. Shakespeare gave us the enchanting play, Mendelssohn gave ...
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of George Balanchine’s greatest creations—and one of the greatest of all story ballets. Shakespeare gave us the enchanting play, Mendelssohn gave ...
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Who would have thought that a tap-dancing penguin would outpoint James Bond at the box office? And deserve to? Not that there’s anything wrong with Casino Royale. But Happy Feet—written...
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Who would have thought that a tap-dancing penguin would outpoint James Bond at the box office? And deserve to? Not that there’s anything wrong with Casino Royale. But Happy Feet—written...
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John Cage
John (Milton) Cage, (Jr.)
Interview by John Cage and Richard Kostelanetz
Paik, Nam June
