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John Cage.

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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 professor of music at the University of Southampton, has authored a concise yet informative book that explores the life and works of Cage. The book belongs to the newly created American Composers series from the University of Illinois Press, following Leta E. Miller and Fredric Lieberman's Lou Harrison (2006). Aware of the challenged and demands of the music by Cage, the author notes that the primary goal...

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