David,
The point is that John Cage in fact devoted his life to composing,
and is a hugely important figure in 20th century music. I'm not
particularly interested in any one individual's assessment of his
work here -- I'm not particularly a fan of most of his post-4'33"
stuff myself. But it would be absurd to claim that someone like Cage
was "barely into" composition.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 03 May 2007, at 5:37 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 3 May 2007 at 16:46, Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 03 May 2007, at 4:26 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 3 May 2007 at 15:00, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I mean, whatever you might think of, oh I don't know -- John Cage,
let's say -- it would be idiotic to say that "he was barely into
composing."
Um...
Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. But look at what he actually did with
his life -- not what he said he'd rather have done.
As a philosopher of arts, he was a genius.
As a musician/composer, not so much.
--
David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/
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