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The roaring silence : John Cage, a life

John Cage is considered one of the most important composers of the twentieth century. His work and ideas have influenced not only the world of music but also dance, painting, video art, printmaking and poetry, and he is a defining force in the whole climate of contemporary culture. The Roaring Silence was first published in 1992, intended to coincide with Cage's eightieth birthday. The first full-length biography of John Cage, it was written with his full cooperation. Now expanded and revised in the light of fresh reflections and new research, it documents Cage's life in unr.

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  • "Called Cage, his former student, "not a composer but an inventor - of genius." David Revill shows how this multifaceted individualist, a true American original, has become a national treasure and a senior statesman in the world of modern art. In so doing he has made Cage more accessible to all of us."
  • "Inventions, such as the prepared piano, and his pioneering use of indeterminate notation and chance operations in composition (utilizing the I Ching), Revill also illuminates Cage the performer, printmaker, watercolorist, expert amateur mycologist, game show celebrity, and political anarchist, and discusses his pronouncements on social and environmental issues. The biography includes comprehensive chronologies of his musical and visual works. Arnold Schoenberg once."
  • "Composer John Cage is often described as the most influential musician of the last half-century. He has defined - and continues to define - our whole concept of "avant-garde", not just in music but increasingly as writer and visual artist. "The Roaring Silence" is the first full-length biography of Cage. It documents his life in unrivalled detail, interweaving a close account of the evolution of his work with an exploration of his aesthetic, political and philosophical ideas. David Revil maintains that Cage's extraordinary productivity and versatility are best understood in the light of his inner development. His life, work and ideas have clarified, refined and reinforced one another, and thereby Cage has made himself what he is. While never assuming specialist knowledge, this book discusses all of Cage's works in depth and sets them in the context of his compositional, theoretical and personal development. Also included are the most comprehensive worklist, discography and bibliography available to date, as well as many previously unpublished photographs. The author draws judiciously on extensive library and archive material, and on exclusive interviews and conversations with Cage and many of his friends and associates. The result is a true-to-life and true-to-form appreciation of a genuine original, of interest not only to the serious researcher and the musician but to everyone interested in the cultural influences that have shaped, and are shaping 20th century thought."
  • "John Cage is considered one of the most important composers of the twentieth century. His work and ideas have influenced not only the world of music but also dance, painting, video art, printmaking and poetry, and he is a defining force in the whole climate of contemporary culture. The Roaring Silence was first published in 1992, intended to coincide with Cage's eightieth birthday. The first full-length biography of John Cage, it was written with his full cooperation. Now expanded and revised in the light of fresh reflections and new research, it documents Cage's life in unr."@en
  • "Cage. Written with Cage's full cooperation, it documents his life in unrivaled detail, interweaving a close account of the evolution of his work with an exploration of his aesthetic and philosophical ideas. David Revill never assumes specialist knowledge on the part of the reader, but sets Cage's work in the context of his personal development and contemporary culture. He draws on numerous interviews with Cage and his associates. Paying due attention to Cage's."
  • "John Cage has been described as the most influential composer of the last half of the twentieth century. His work and ideas - about silence, indeterminacy, nonintention, art's role in bringing the everyday object to our attention, the singularity of performance - have had influence not only in the world of music but also in dance, painting, printmaking, video art, and poetry. As an exponent of Zen Buddhism since the early fifties, he has had an important role in."
  • "Composer John Cage is often described as the most influential musician of the last half-century. He has defined - and continues to define - our whole concept of ""avant-garde"", not just in music but increasingly as writer and visual artist. ""The Roaring Silence"" is the first full-length biography of Cage. It documents his life in unrivalled detail, interweaving a close account of the evolution of his work with an exploration of his aesthetic, political and philosophical ideas. David Revil maintains that Cage's extraordinary productivity and versatility are best understood in the light."@en
  • "Introducing Zen spirituality to the American artworld and general culture. Among his friends and collaborators have been longtime associate Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Marcel Duchamp, Morton Feldman, Pierre Boulez, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Those who have acknowledged his influence in their work range from minimalist composer Philip Glass to rock musicians David Byrne and Brian Eno. The Roaring Silence is the first full-length biography of John."

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  • "Biografieën (vorm)"
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  • "Tosende Stille : eine John-Cage-Biographie"

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