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John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential American composers of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also Cage's romantic partner for most of their lives.
Cage is perhaps best known for his 1952 composition 4′33″, which is performed in the absence of deliberate sound; musicians who present the work do nothing aside from being present for the duration specified by the title. The content of the composition is not "four minutes and 33 seconds of silence," as is often assumed, but rather the sounds of the environment heard by the audience during performance. The work's challenge to assumed definitions about musicianship and musical experience made it a popular and controversial topic both in musicology and the broader aesthetics of art and performance. Cage was also a pioneer of the prepared piano (a piano with its sound altered by objects placed between or on its strings or hammers), for which he wrote numerous dance-related works and a few concert pieces. The best known of these is Sonatas and Interludes (1946–48).
Etudes Boreales is a set of etudes for cello and/or piano composed by John Cage in 1978. The set is a small counterpart to Cage's other etude collections - Etudes Australes for piano and Freeman Etudes for violin.
Etudes Boreales were composed for, and dedicated to, Jack and Jeanne Kirstein. The latter performed Cage's piano works in the 1970s, but found Etudes Boreales unplayable; the first performer to find a way to play the pieces was percussionist Michael Pugliese (Pritchett, 199).
The set comprises four pieces. The cello parts are technically similar to Freeman Etudes: they are extremely demanding pieces composed using chance operations, every aspect of the work meticulously detailed in the score. The difference between the works is that in Etudes Boreales the pitch range is limited at any given time, and changes throughout the pieces, whereas in Freeman Etudes the range was unlimited. An excerpt from one of the etudes shows that the technique required involves the ability to jump accurately to any point on the fingerboard or beyond, which is particularly difficult in these pieces as they are to be played without vibrato (Stowell, 221):
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Genres: Short,Tracklist below. Download on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/cage-piano-works/id665137672 For physical sales: http://brilliantclassics.com/articles/c/cage-piano-works/ Listen via Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/48ZmMUIaqPml6GnOQYJa1D John Cage (1912–92) is regarded as one of the most influential and controversial composers of the 20th century. It is not only his music that this reputation is based on – his ideas were revolutionary, and he cast doubt on the supremacy of European art, and music when it was unchallenged and such views were considered heretic. Cage rejected the status held by harmony, instrumentation, and even the development of music from one point to another. He disconnected harmony from rhythm to liberate western music from its hitherto privileged hierar...
______________John Cage 100 (1912-2012)__________ John Cage (1912-1992): Music of Changes, for piano (1951). Dedicato a David Tudor. Book I (New York, May 16, 1951) Book II (New York, August 2, 1951) (start at 4'04'') Book III (New York, October 18, 1951) (start at 22'48'') Book IV (New York, December 13, 1951) (start at 33'27'') David Tudor, pianoforte. The title Music of Changes refers to several different meanings. One of them is the Chinese oracle book I Ching, the Book of Changes. Another, more personal reference is the change in Cage's compositional language. Cage composed the music using I Ching chance operations, in order to create differrent charts for various parameters in the music: tempi, dynamics, sounds and silences, durations and superimpositions. With these charts he cr...
______________John Cage 100 (1912-2012)__________ John Cage (1912-1992): Seven2, for Bass flute, bass clarinet, bass trombone, two percussionists (instruments not specified), violoncello and contrabass (1990). Ives Ensemble. *** The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly. Your collaboration will be appreciated.
A performance by William Marx of John Cage's 4'33. Filmed at McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert, CA. Composer John Adams wrote the following in The New York Times review of Mr. Cage's new biography, "The Zen of Silence" : "John Cage....prodded us to reevaluate how we define not only music but the entire experience of encountering art." Read the complete review of Kenneth Silverman's book: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/books/review/Adams-t.html?_r=1&ref;=john_cage To see reaction of the audience after the filming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8lXRusTpY4
My favorite John Cage's songs. ORIGNAL JOHN CAGE SOUND
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John Cage | Sonatas and Interludes (1946-1948) Painting: Vir Heroicus Sublimis - Barnett Newman Thomas Nicholson, prepared piano (Steinway/Boston GP-193) University of Victoria, 15 February 2015 Sonata I - 0:00 Sonata II - 2:45 Sonata III - 4:47 Sonata IV - 7:24 Interlude I - 9:33 Sonata V - 12:50 Sonata VI - 14:21 Sonata VII - 16:44 Sonata VIII - 19:14 Interlude II - 20:03 Interlude III - 26:08 Sonata IX - 28:42 Sonata X - 33:00 Sonata XI - 37:15 Sonata XII - 40:29 Interlude IV - 43:48 Sonata XIII - 47:01 Sonata XIV - 51:53 Sonata XV - 55:00 Sonata XVI - 58:20
John Cage (1912-1992): In a landscape, for piano (1948). Margaret Leng Tan, pianoforte. Cover image: painting by Blinky Palermo. The rhythmic structure is 15 x 15 measures (5-7-3), following the structure of the dance for which it was written. The piece is similar to Dream, but the fixed gamut of tones is more extensive. Resonances are sustained throughout the composition, by using both pedals. The sound of the composition is very soft and meditative, reminding of the music of Erik Satie. (fonte web). **** The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any r...
John Cage performing "Water Walk" in January, 1960 on the popular TV show I've Got A Secret. "At the time, Cage was teaching Experimental Composition at New York City's New School. Eight years beyond 4:33, he was (as our smoking MC informs us) the most controversial figure in the musical world at that time. His first performance on national television was originally scored to include five radios, but a union dispute on the CBS set prevented any of the radios from being plugged in to the wall. Cage gleefully smacks and tosses the radios instead of turning them on and off. While treating Cage as something of a freak, the show also treats him fairly reverentially, cancelling the regular game show format to allow Cage the chance to perform his entire piece. "
Tracklist below. Download on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/cage-piano-works/id665137672 For physical sales: http://brilliantclassics.com/articles/c/cage-piano-works/ Listen via Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/48ZmMUIaqPml6GnOQYJa1D John Cage (1912–92) is regarded as one of the most influential and controversial composers of the 20th century. It is not only his music that this reputation is based on – his ideas were revolutionary, and he cast doubt on the supremacy of European art, and music when it was unchallenged and such views were considered heretic. Cage rejected the status held by harmony, instrumentation, and even the development of music from one point to another. He disconnected harmony from rhythm to liberate western music from its hitherto privileged hierar...
______________John Cage 100 (1912-2012)__________ John Cage (1912-1992): Music of Changes, for piano (1951). Dedicato a David Tudor. Book I (New York, May 16, 1951) Book II (New York, August 2, 1951) (start at 4'04'') Book III (New York, October 18, 1951) (start at 22'48'') Book IV (New York, December 13, 1951) (start at 33'27'') David Tudor, pianoforte. The title Music of Changes refers to several different meanings. One of them is the Chinese oracle book I Ching, the Book of Changes. Another, more personal reference is the change in Cage's compositional language. Cage composed the music using I Ching chance operations, in order to create differrent charts for various parameters in the music: tempi, dynamics, sounds and silences, durations and superimpositions. With these charts he cr...
______________John Cage 100 (1912-2012)__________ John Cage (1912-1992): Seven2, for Bass flute, bass clarinet, bass trombone, two percussionists (instruments not specified), violoncello and contrabass (1990). Ives Ensemble. *** The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly. Your collaboration will be appreciated.
A performance by William Marx of John Cage's 4'33. Filmed at McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert, CA. Composer John Adams wrote the following in The New York Times review of Mr. Cage's new biography, "The Zen of Silence" : "John Cage....prodded us to reevaluate how we define not only music but the entire experience of encountering art." Read the complete review of Kenneth Silverman's book: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/books/review/Adams-t.html?_r=1&ref;=john_cage To see reaction of the audience after the filming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8lXRusTpY4
My favorite John Cage's songs. ORIGNAL JOHN CAGE SOUND
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John Cage | Sonatas and Interludes (1946-1948) Painting: Vir Heroicus Sublimis - Barnett Newman Thomas Nicholson, prepared piano (Steinway/Boston GP-193) University of Victoria, 15 February 2015 Sonata I - 0:00 Sonata II - 2:45 Sonata III - 4:47 Sonata IV - 7:24 Interlude I - 9:33 Sonata V - 12:50 Sonata VI - 14:21 Sonata VII - 16:44 Sonata VIII - 19:14 Interlude II - 20:03 Interlude III - 26:08 Sonata IX - 28:42 Sonata X - 33:00 Sonata XI - 37:15 Sonata XII - 40:29 Interlude IV - 43:48 Sonata XIII - 47:01 Sonata XIV - 51:53 Sonata XV - 55:00 Sonata XVI - 58:20
John Cage (1912-1992): In a landscape, for piano (1948). Margaret Leng Tan, pianoforte. Cover image: painting by Blinky Palermo. The rhythmic structure is 15 x 15 measures (5-7-3), following the structure of the dance for which it was written. The piece is similar to Dream, but the fixed gamut of tones is more extensive. Resonances are sustained throughout the composition, by using both pedals. The sound of the composition is very soft and meditative, reminding of the music of Erik Satie. (fonte web). **** The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any r...
John Cage performing "Water Walk" in January, 1960 on the popular TV show I've Got A Secret. "At the time, Cage was teaching Experimental Composition at New York City's New School. Eight years beyond 4:33, he was (as our smoking MC informs us) the most controversial figure in the musical world at that time. His first performance on national television was originally scored to include five radios, but a union dispute on the CBS set prevented any of the radios from being plugged in to the wall. Cage gleefully smacks and tosses the radios instead of turning them on and off. While treating Cage as something of a freak, the show also treats him fairly reverentially, cancelling the regular game show format to allow Cage the chance to perform his entire piece. "