John Cage: The Search For Silence

The Classical Music Minute - A podcast by Steven Hobé, Composer & Host - Mondays

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DescriptionJohn Cage’s music is loved by many and hated by some. After him, no one could look at a painting, book, or person without considering how they might sound if you listened closely. Join me, as we take a minute to get the scoop!Fun FactIn the 1970s, with inspirations like Thoreau and Joyce, Cage began to take literary texts and transform them into music. “Roratorio, an Irish Circus on Finnegan’s Wake” (1979), was an outline for transforming any work of literature into a work of music...