John cage interview audio books

His teacher, arnold schoenberg, said john cage was not a composer but an inventor of genius. Today, exactly 100 years after his birth, composer, writer and conceptual artist john cage is still, for many, public enemy no. For the birds is a book, a dialogue and an event all at the same time. Dialogues with and about john cage eastman studies. John cage publishes a book of graphic musical scores, featuring visualizations of works by leonard bernstein, igor stravinsky.

An archive of john cages oneminute stories from indeterminacy. In this interview from april 12, 1983, john cage discusses his diet, travelling, his educational background, being a tour guide, his current. On a scale far beyond the reach of any other 20thcentury art. Music is a succession of sounds and the composer the organizer of sounds. The music of avantgarde composer john cage now available. Find john cage composition information on allmusic. In addition, he quotes from numerous sources including norman mailer, michael steinberg, igor stravinksy and others criticizing cage and his music. Based on an interview with john cage, conducted by charles amirkhanian at the exploratoriums speaking of music in san francisco, this ode to gravity program was heard nationwide over the npr satellite. The music in this seemingly silent composition is all of the sound that occurs.

The range of his fathers inventions including a dieselfueled submarine and electrostatic field theory, could be characterized as both revolutionary and eccentric, and certainly left an impression on the. The richard kostelanetz books john cage explained, or conversing with cage, or cages own a year from monday are highly entertaining, funny, and super thoughtprovoking. And as his new album, shifty adventures in nookie wood, proves. One such occasion however is the vinyl factorys recent reissue of the landmark electronic music compilation. What had its origins in a simple but wideranging collection of conversations with daniel charles becomes under cages hands a work for many voices and many subjects. A research and information guide routledge music bibliographies haefeli, sara on. I gave up the notion of communication as impractical in my case. A pioneer of chance music, electronic music and nonstandard use of musical instruments, cage was one of the leading figures of the postwar avantgarde. And when expression sweeps sound into its production then you also get into a. John cage has been the subject of numerous biographies and critical studies, including john cage. Conversations with john cage, philip glass, laurie anderson, and 5 generations of. Introduction to the music of john cage james pritchett.

John cage biography john cage childhood, life and timeline. Nineteen eightytwo was the year of his seventieth birthday and marked over half a century of creative activity. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and nonstandard use of musical instruments, cage was one of the leading figures of the postwar avantgarde. A year with john cage how to get out of the cage documentary, 2012. Cage talks at length about his early career with dancers, meeting cunningham, and their collaborative work. Song books solos for voice 392 is a collection of short works by john cage, composed and compiled by the composer in 1970. The discussion covers several aspects of cages creative process and aesthetic. John cage and david tudor by martin iddon cambridge core. Amirkhanian begins with a quick history of cage s musical. This episode asks whether 433 is really silent, and we explore the history of a piece musicians still talk about today and speaks to the ma. David vaughan, interview with john cage, 1978122019790118, the new york public library digital collections, 1979. American composer john cage, among historys most influential artistic innovators, strove to broaden the definition of music and introduced chance operations into the compositional process. Silent prayer i intend to compose a piece of uninterrupted silence and sell it to muzak co.

Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential composers of the 20th. Start reading cagetalk on your kindle in under a minute. From 1951 to 1956 he held the post of instructor and rector at black mountain college, north carolina. Not my aphorism, but the epithet of michael finnissy, a composer who worked with cage and who deeply admires him, but who suggests that the cageian legacy is. He discusses his empty words concert, henry david thoreau, modern art, and mureau, a work combining music and thoreau.

John cage during his 1966 concert at the opening of the national arts. Cage muses on words, art, music 1992 is a transcription of cages final, lengthy interviews in the last two years of his life, with joan retallack. Cage thus wanted to do something with early american music that would let it. First half of an interview and performance by john cage. Celebrations were worldwide for the artist and man who has become one of the most important and influential composers of this century.

What about a mime troupe or dancers where sound is in cidental. Interview with john cage, 1978122019790118 names merce cunningham dance company associated name cage, john interviewee vaughan, david, 1924interviewer collection. A research and information guide routledge music bibliographies. Those were formative years for john cage, who, on black mountain campus. John cage interviewed by jonathan cott 1963 youtube. A lively 1963 interview of john cage by jonathan cott. Rather than offering a history of contemporary music, audio culture traces the genealogy of current musical practices and theoretical concerns, drawing lines of connection between. John adams, in his memoir hallelujah junction, describes how a reading of cages 1961 book silence encouraged him to drop out of.

An interview with merce cunningham and john cage duration. September 5, 1912 august 12, 1992 was an american composer, music theorist, artist, and philosopher. Cage, john and morton feldman 1993 196667, radio happenings. The composer decided to let elements of chance into his work.

T he theories of avantgarde american composer john cage 19121992 on music, sound, and silence are of more interest than his musical compositions. Like photographers, electronic musicians such as dominik eulberg above are dependent upon mechanical, electronic andor digital reproduction and as a result, both. Conversations with cage, a booklength composition of excerpts from interviews by richard kostelantz, was published in 1988 by limelight editions. One of the monolithic names in modern music, it can be a daunting and fairly thankless task trying to apply yourself to the work of john cage without prior introduction, particularly when many of the best bits are so scarely sighted on vinyl. John cage 191292 is regarded as one of the most influential and controversial composers of the 20th century. Includes archival video and audio of interviews or performances with cage. John cage has 94 books on goodreads with 18328 ratings. An early disciple of arnold schoenberg, cage made his biggest creative breakthrough by studying the i ching, zen buddhism and the art of marcel duchamp. He studied with richard buhlig, henry cowell, adolph weiss, and arnold schoenberg. John cage 19121992 was a composer and printmaker from new york, new york. It is not only his music that this reputation is based on his ideas were. Composed in america 1994, edited by marjorie perloff and charles junkerman. John cage biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.

He discusses his empty words concert, henry david thoreau, modern art, and mureau, a work. In the nearly five decades since he helped lead an arty, experimental rocknroll revolution with the velvet underground, john cale has enjoyed an onagain, offagain relationship with the musical mainstreamone filled with all manner of romantic gestures, sudden rejections, brief reconciliations, and unexpected excursions. John cage genuinely wanted to open up the beauteous experience of sound for everyone, writes tilson thomas in a piece on the composer. Since 1958, many of cages scores have been exhibited in galleries and museums. During that intervening time, he changed the face of avantgarde music and art. Historically, music has been a communication of feelings, but cage argues that all sounds have this. And this frequently engages my atten tion more than the melodies, harmonies, etc. John cage in conversation with daniel charles london. Olson was educated at wesleyan university, yale and harvard, where he taught from 1936 to 1939. Dialogues with and about john cage and millions of other books are available. People who liked john cage interview and performance, empty words also liked these free titles. John cage was a respected composer when, in 1952, he created his silent piece, 433 a piece that would have the music world scratching their heads. Kay larson is the author of a new book called where the heart beats. Much of his work could be described as kits to be used in the creation of a performance that relies on the perceptions, imaginations and choices of.

At every turn cott antagonizes cage with challenging questions. It is not difficult, in fact, to picture cage in this role. This book includes transcripts of the question and answer periods that followed each lecture, and an audiocassette of cage reading one of the six lectures. John cage interview and performance, empty words, august. Cage said late in life, in an interview with the filmmaker elliot caplan. Provenance this interview is part of the archives of american art oral history program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the united states, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others. This interview with fluxus artist alison knowles took place in her soho apartment in june 2011. In 1952, at black mountain college, he presented a theatrical event considered by many to have been the first happening. John cage at 100 cages most lasting influence may be in his ideas about the boundaries between noise and music and the artistic freedom that comes from breaking the rules. Peters corporation and has been recorded on many labels. Conversations with john cage, philip glass, laurie. Most of these interviews were given to peter dickinson but there are others in which with. The entire cage at 70 was filmed by peter greenaway transatlantic films for a forthcoming documentary on cage.