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Article: John Cage.(Book review)
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John Cage. By David Nicholls. (American Composers.) Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007. [144 p. ISBN 978-0-252-03215-8. $35.] Index, illustrations, bibliographical references, discography.
The larger-than-life John Cage challenged the rudimental tenets of Western art music through his compositions and writings, advocating new approaches to performing, composing, and listening to music. In his activities within the avant-garde, the American composer, writer, artist, and mycologist radically influenced the music Of the postwar twentieth century. David Nicholls, editor of The Cambridge Companion to John Cage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002) and ...
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