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Where the heart beats : John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the inner life of artists / Kay Larson.
Van Pelt Library NX456.5.P66 L37 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larson, Kay.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cage, John.
- Postmodernism.
- Cage, John--Criticism and interpretation.
- Cage, John--Influence.
- Zen Buddhism--Influence.
- Zen Buddhism.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 474 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Assesses the influence of Zen Buddhism on the work of composer John Cage, exploring the ways in which Zen transformed Cage's troubled psyche, his relationship with partner Merce Cunningham, and his often indefinable music.
- Contents:
- Mountains are mountains. D.T. Suzuki ; John Cage ; Merce Cunningham ; Four walls ; Seeking silence
- Mountains are not longer mountains. Ego noise ; The mind of the way ; Heaven and earth ; The infinity of being ; Zero
- Mountains are again mountains. Another school ; Moving out from zero ; Indeterminacy ; Interpenetration ; Coda
- The Maha Prajna Paramita heart sutra.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781594203404
- 1594203407
- OCLC:
- 759772047
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