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Conversing with Cage draws on over 150 interviews with John Cage conductedover four decades to draw a full picture of his life and art. Filled with thewitty aphorisms that have made Cage as famous as an esthetic philosopher as acomposer the book offers both an introduction to Cages way of thinking and arich gathering of his many thoughts on art life and music.John Cage is perhaps this centurys most radical classical composer. From hisfamous silent piece 433 to his proclamation that all sound is musicCage stretched the aesthetic boundaries of what could be performed in themodern concert hall. But more than that Cage was a provocative culturalfigure who played a key role in inspiring scores of other artistsand socialphilosophersin the second half of the 20th century. Through his life and workhe created revolutions in thinking about art and its relationship to the worldaround us.Conversing with Cage is the ideal introduction to this world offering in theartists own words his ideas about life and art. It will appeal to all fans ofthis mythic figure on the American scene as well as anyone interested inbetter understanding 20th century modernism. «
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