Concord in Massachusetts, Discord in the World
The Writings of Henry Thoreau and John Cage
2008
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-58413-2 (ISBN)
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-58413-2 (ISBN)
«Reading Thoreau's Journal, I discover any idea I've ever had worth its salt,» notes the American composer John Cage in 1968. Upon reading the words of nineteenth-century nature philosopher Henry Thoreau, Cage is immediately fascinated with the Transcendentalist's ideas, in particular his views on music and silence. Recognizing his own beliefs in Thoreau's writings, Cage began to rely heavily on the thoughts of the nineteenth-century man and implement them as the basis for his own compositions - both musical and written. Drawing on the complete oeuvres of Cage's and Thoreau's written works, this book surveys the intertextual relation between the writings of the two men. In the juxtaposition of these authors' aesthetics, this book reveals surprising overlaps in the thoughts of Cage and Thoreau.
The Author: Jannika Bock holds a Master of Arts and Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg (Germany). She studied American Literature and Culture as well as Musicology, spending several semesters at North American universities, including Harvard University, Smith College, Cornell University and Naropa University.
lt;i>Contents: Cage's Thoreau - Thoreau in Cage's Texts - Cage's References to Thoreau's Texts - Concord in Massachusetts: Thoreau's Transcendentalism - Thoreau's Aesthetics - Discord in the World: Musical Matters in Cage's Texts - Defining Music, Silence & the Demilitarization of Language - Compositional Concepts in Cage's Texts - Process, Presence & Dynamic Passivity - Cage and Thoreau: Two Wanderers.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.10.2008 |
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Reihe/Serie | American Culture ; 6 |
Verlagsort | Berlin |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 380 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Schlagworte | Amerikanische Kultur • Amerikanische Literatur • Avantgarde Musik • Bettina • Bock • Cage • Cage, John • Concord • Concorde • Discord • Friedl • Hardcover, Softcover / Englische Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft • HC/Englische Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft • Henry • Jannika • John • Massachusetts • Moderne Musik • Rezeption • Thoreau • Thoreau, Henry David • Transzendentalismus • World • Writings |
ISBN-10 | 3-631-58413-X / 363158413X |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-631-58413-2 / 9783631584132 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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