Performance practice in john cages aria 2015 daniel. Cage possesses one of the rarest qualities of the true creator that of an original mind and whether that originality pleases, irritates, amuses or outrages is irrelevant. And this silence, almost anywhere in the world today, is traffic. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on silence. Subtitulado originalmente por isvekia quien tiene su propio canal en youtube. Sep 05, 2012 33 musicians on what john cage communicates we asked musicians from yoko ono to nona hendryx to lou reed what theyve taken from the late composers musical and philosophical ideas. Its an easy read that covers a lot of deep issues relating to masculinity. Trawling through cage s writings and examining the score and performance of the piece, gann elaborately reconstructs the genesis of 433 in the hope of making a case for it as a serious, galvanising work. A new john cage biography explores the composers philosophical awakening through zen buddhism and how that conversion changed the sort of music he composed.
If youre familiar with cage s ideas, youll want to read these texts, some of which can be a bit offputting by their form. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot. Lectures and writings by john cage middletown, ct wesleyan university press,1973, 109. Silence and silencing douglas kahn that a disagreeable noise should be as grateful to the ear as the sweet tones of a lyre is a thing i shall never attain to. A year with john cage how to get out of the cage documentary, 2012 duration. Njegov oce john milton cage je bil izumitelj, mati lucretia. He was one of the first composers or musicians to introduce different styles of music to popular culture.
Iron john is commonly regarded as one of the major mens books written over the past few decades. John cage sonata v from sonatas and interludes inara ferreira, prepared piano duration. Theres a lot to like about this book, as well as a. These are extracts from the 50th anniversary edition of silence. In doing this research, i will come to a conclusion on what is considered correct performance practice in john cages aria from a variety of interpreters performers, hopefully giving my performance of the work the most accurate performance practice possible. There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. Deceptive cadence watch and hear a handful of clips that form an introduction to the master provocateurs work. Now, however, john cage is universally acknowledged as the most influential composer of his generation. Nov 21, 2010 john cage was one astonishing individual.
Coomaraswamy john cages ideas on sound, easily the most influential among the post. Interestingly, cage never used a computer to help him with his random choices. John cage is the outstanding composer of avantgarde music today. John cage s books published by wesleyan are, silence. What john cage offers is more refreshing, more spirited, much more funa kind of carefree skinnydipping in the infinite. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. It consists of no notes, only 4 minutes and thirtythree seconds of silence. Have you ever felt you should cut down on your drinking. Fractals are complex equations that pertain to most living things, and nature. Watch a surprisingly moving performance of john cages 1948 suite for toy piano woody guthries fan letter to john cage and alan hovhaness 1947 josh jones is a writer and musician based in durham, nc.
Lectures and writings is a book by american experimental composer john cage 19121992, first published in 1961 by wesleyan university press. Oct 29, 2015 john cage, 433, performed by william marx cage continued to develop his theories on silence and chance events throughout his voluminous body of work well into his eighties, influencing many contemporary musicians along the waytoru takemitsu, philip glass and steve reich to name but a few. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. This collection of essays and presentations by noted composer and musical innovator john cage attempts to capture on paper both the intellectual and stylistic creativity with which he approached his work. John cage, a leading figure of the american musical avantgarde and lecturer and writer extraordinary, dedicated himself to the search for new horizons in musical composition. After much study of zen buddhism, his work more accurately re. A living archive was a display his original manuscripts, concert programs, photos and videos about his music. The international bestselling series returns for a new generation with a fresh look and bonus content from the legends o. John cages art of noise, the new yorker, 4 octombrie 2010. I had an assignment in class where i had to respond to john cages future of music credo.
The glass castle houston independent school district. To cage, silence had to be redefined if the concept was to remain viable. Wikipedia lists many more silent pre433 musical compositions. The essential meaning of silence is the giving up of intention, he said. John adams, in his memoir hallelujah junction, describes how a reading of cages 1961 book silence encouraged him to drop out of east coast academia, pack his belongings into a vw. For an excellent disscusion of the concerto for prepared piano and orchestra see james pritchett, the music of john cage. Cage was not the first composer to conceive of a piece consisting solely of silence. Over 250,000 doctors use vumedi to improve patient care and grow their practice. Ask your patients these four questions and use the scoring method described below to determine if substance abuse exists and needs to be addressed. The page numbers in brackets in the introduction to each extract refer to that book. The american record guide there is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. The forests of silence by emily rodda available from rakuten kobo. Debussy stated that he had used silence as a means of expression.
In our race towards modernity, amidst all the technological innovation and the rapid growth of our cities, silence is now quickly passing into legend. Silence is a collection of some of the essays and lectures that have made john cage s name synonymous with all that is unpredictable and exciting in contemporary miusic. 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. John cage at the university of illinois, 195269, 1999. The most famous examples are the silences in debussys pelleas. Bil je ameriski skladatelj, filozof, glasbeni teoretik, pesnik, umetnik, grafik in tudi zbiralec gob.
Hear joey ramone sing a piece by john cage adapted from james joyces finnegans wake. Cage was also an author, and his book saenee was described by john rock well in the new york times as the most influential conduit of oriental thought and religious ideas into the artistic vanguardnot just in music but in dance, art and poetry as well. National public radios the 100 most important american musical works of the 20th century realaudio file format app. The vocal music of john cage 4 lessons for grade 9 focus. Woven operations are ways that architects and others can create invisibility, by blending various operations together. Silence played a major role in several of cages works composed before 4. As slow as the drifting wind, it passed over torrance, where its only audience was a scattering of drowsy souls, among them the boy. Peters, put together an exhibit in 2012 in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Indeed, this is often how we are advised to approach cages famous silent work, 4. Recent and upcoming exhibitions at hmkv in dortmund germany and the berkeley art.
Qui, praecursor fortis in musica, musicae electroacusticae, et inusitati instrumentorum musicorum usus, fuit maior persona avantgarde post bellum, quem criticis laudaverunt unum ex compositoribus maximi momenti saeculi vicensimi. September 5, 1912 august 12, 1992 was an american composer, music theorist, artist, and philosopher. In many ways it functions as a secular wild at heart. A composer we commonly associate with coin tossing, whose most famous piece called for the performer not to make a single sound, he upended longheld. Response to john cages future of music credo on vimeo. Silence is based on zero carbon footprint, as well as a lack of sound. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Also by laura hillenbrand west ada school district. Silence is a collection of essays and lectures cage wrote during the period from 1939 to 1961. Psychologist silvia ostertag during a masterclass of cellist pablo casals. He recognized that there was no objective dichotomy between sound and silence, but only between the intent of hearing and that of diverting ones attention to sounds. This is a classic book of writings by john cage, mostly about music and art.
The sound experience which i prefer to all others, is the experience of silence. Jan 14, 20 john cage s silent musical composition 433 is the most revolutionary work in any medium of the 20th century. John cage simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Even an hour of silence is more than enough time to reset your brain. In pursuit of silence is a meditative film about our relationship with silence and the impact of noise on our lives. There is always something to see, something to hear. John cage s 433 is a solemn justification for what many at the time and since perceived as a prank or a hoax. If you listen to beethoven, its always the same, but if you listen to traffic, its always different. He published silence in 1961, which included lectures and writings from the period 19391958. Frasi di john cage 51 frasi citazioni e frasi celebri. John cage had used aleatoric methods in an effort to move beyond the limitations of his own individual taste and memory. Lectures and writings by john cage wesleyan university press, 1961. Artist biography and a list of video works by and about john cage at electronic arts intermix. John cage silence lectures and writings, 50th anniversary.
In silence, he explains a lot of the techniques he used when composing, and discusses the value and meaning of music. Med letoma 1944 in 1945 je john napisal dve deli, ki jih je posvetil svojim starsem. A pioneer of chance music, electronic music and nonstandard use of musical instruments, cage was one of the leading figures of the postwar avantgarde. John cage 1912 1992 was an american composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and provocative artist. The most famous example is probably john cages notorious prepared piano that included forks stuck between the strings and objects placed throughout the mechanics. September 5, 1912 august 12, 1992 was an american composer, philosopher, poet, music theorist, artist, printmaker, and amateur mycologist and mushroom collector. First performed at the midpoint of the twentieth century, john cage s 433, a composition conceived of without a single musical note, is among the most celebrated and ballyhooed cultural gestures in the history of modern music. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The glass castle a memoir jeannette walls scribner new york london toronto sydney acknowledgments id like to thank my brother, brian, for standing by me when we were growing up and while i wrote this. John cage database includes a complete catalogue of cages music with details on individual compositions, as well as a discography, a bibliography and a list of forthcoming performances of cages work. Snyder interviewed cage, wrote the first doctoral thesis on him in 1970, contributed the cage timeline to richard kostelanetzs monograph, john cage, authored several other works on the composer, and was the dedicatee of cage s piece, one. It was a tone in which all tones resounded while at the same time it contained all the silence. Dont have to mean anything that is, in order to give us deep pleasure. For years he was dismissed as an eccentric exponent of arbitrary noise punctuated by silence.
It was composed in 1952, for any instrument or combination of instruments, and the score instructs the performers not to play their instruments during the entire duration of the piece throughout the three movements. May 15, 2015 the new york public library for the performing arts, in connection with the john cage trust and his publisher, c. Indeed, cage could and should have been sued for plagiarism. A line is a concept about a series of points with zero mass, but also stretching to infinity, in two directions. Where the heart beats, john cage biography, by kay.
980 910 954 1476 1479 1187 1114 375 79 502 942 797 1471 404 766 450 1416 969 339 290 1196 1118 1072 1476 514 1190 997 1196 762 1217 309 1229 301 313 1450 1354