The Cambridge Companion to John Cage

American composer John Cage (1912-1992) was without doubt one of the most important and influential figures in twentieth-century music. He spent much of his career in pursuit of an unusual goal--giving up control so that sounds can be sounds, as he put it. As well as composing around 300 works, he was also a prolific performer, writer, poet, and visual artist. This Companion celebrates the richness and diversity of Cage's achievements and provides readers with a fully rounded portrait of a fascinating figure.

Author: David Nicholls
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/26/2002
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.88w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780521789684

About the Author
Nicholls, David: - David Nicholls is Professor of Music at the University of Southampton. Author of American Experimental Music, 1890-1940 (Cambridge, 1990) and editor of The Cambridge History of American Music (Cambridge, 1998) and numerous articles on topics in American music, he has also acted as contributing editor for the reissue of Henry Cowell's New Musical Resources (CUP, 1996) and The Whole World of Music: A Henry Cowell Symposium (1997). He is also editor of the journal American Music.

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