John Cage
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John Cage got a little bored with Gertrude Stein ... So in 1996/’97 and ’98/’99, Finnegans Wake was read.
Fantasia on Themes from ‘La Traviata,’
I always carry my father with me because I've been playing his bodhran. Last year was the centenary of John Cage's birth and some of the remaining musicians got together to perform the music we had all played together. It was the first time I had played it without Daddy. I felt his absence but then I asked if they could include a recording of his playing. After that I felt he was there.More quotes »
Around the web
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A Carillonneur Prepares for an Unusual Concert Showcasing the Work of John Cage
Cage, who died in 1992, is best known for his composition 4’33”, which consists of a musician walking onstage and not playing his or her instrument for four minutes and 33 seconds. Instead of hearing music — at least, as it’s traditionally defined — the audience 30 m ago from Seven Days Read more »
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Dead Notes #2 :: Viola Lee Blues (2/2/68 Portland, Oregon)
the adventurous, non-traditional, experiments of fellow San Franciscan Tom Constanten, who dabbled in prepared piano and John Cage influenced electronic tape trickery. Psychedelic madness, indeed. To further complicate things the band was unhappy with the 43 m ago from Aquarium Drunkard Read more »
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MV Shearwater: 1591 Miles to Hawaii Running like a Deere
Clouds 45% Cumulus Summary: A bit stronger this morning Looking for that rhythm of a waltz and we are getting a bit of John Cage as we progress in fits and starts through irregular seas. Partly sunny though and shearwaters everywhere wheeling and diving. Our from Sail Blogs Read more »
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Dance Review: A New ‘Rite’ by Mark Morris, With the Bad Plus at Ojai North
of the annual Ojai Festival, has chosen a repertory that largely emphasizes American composers: notably, Henry Cowell, John Cage and Lou Harrison. In Ojai, Calif., Mr. Morris’s dancers performed a selection of the works he has made to their music over the from The New York Times Read more »
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A new box set gives experimental composer David Tudor his due
August 1952, when John Cage premiered his landmark composition 4'33", the guy who sat at the piano occasionally turning a page but never hitting any keys was David Tudor. An avant-garde pianist and experimental composer born in Philadelphia in 1926, Tudor from Chicago Reader Read more »
