John Cage /
Insights into the music and ideas of American composer John Cage, incorporating performance and conversations with and about the artist. Cage finds environmental sounds and noises more interesting than those produced by the world's musical cultures. By challenging every established convention...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Mystic Fire Video,
[1991]
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| Series: | 4 American composers ;
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| Summary: | Insights into the music and ideas of American composer John Cage, incorporating performance and conversations with and about the artist. Cage finds environmental sounds and noises more interesting than those produced by the world's musical cultures. By challenging every established convention of classical music, Cage has become one of America's most influential modern composers and a leading theoretician. |
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| Item Description: | Title on videocassette label: John Cage. Title on videocassette box: 4merican composers. Originally telecast in 1985 on Channel 4. "76237." Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Audience: | Music. |
| Production Credits: | Film editor, John Wilson. |