John Cage - Music, Philosophy, and Intention, 1933-1950

Informationen zum Autor David Patterson is at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Klappentext "John Cage seeks to explore the early part of the composer's life and career, concentrating on the "pre-chance" period between 1933 and 1950 that is crucial to understanding his later work. The essays consider Cage's influences, his evolving aesthetic, and his movement toward ideology that would later shape his work. Zusammenfassung This book seeks to explore the early part of the composer's life and career considering his influences, his evolving aesthetic and his movement towards ideology that would later shape his life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Charles Hamm; Chapter 1 1. John Cage, Arnold Schoenberg, and the Musical Idea, David W. Bernstein; Chapter 2 2. Cultural Intersections: John Cage in Seattle (1938–1940), Leta E. Miller; Chapter 3 3. No Ear for Music: Timbre in the Early Percussion Music of John Cage, Christopher Shultis; Chapter 4 4. John Cage's Imaginary Landscape No. 1: Through the Looking Glass, Susan Key; Chapter 5 5. “A Therapeutic Value for City Dwellers”: The Development of John Cage's Early Avant-Garde Aesthetic Position, Branden W. Joseph; Chapter 6 6. The Picture That Is Not in the Colors: Cage, Coomaraswamy, and the Impact of India, David W. Patterson; Chapter 7 7. An Imaginary Grid: Rhythmic Structure in Cage's Music Up to circa 1950, Paul van Emmerik; Chapter 8 8. Structure vs. Form in The Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, Chadwick Jenkins; Contributors Index;

Product details

• Authors: David Patterson, David W. Patterson
• Assisted by: David Patterson (Editor), David W Patterson (Editor), David W. Patterson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2001
• EAN: 9780815329954
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-2995-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Biography: arts & entertainment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment