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Inventor of Genius -John Cage

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The American composer, writer and artist John Cage has been at the centre of the avant-garde since the Second World War. Peter Dickinson explores Cage's path through percussion, prepared piano, dance, Zen, chance, silence, anarchy and celebrity with the help of Cage himself, Earle Brown , Merce Cunningham , Minna Ledermann ,
John Rockwell ,
Kurt Schwertsik , Karlheinz Stockhausen ,
Virgil Thomson , David Tudor and LaMonte Young.
Producer ANTHONY CHEEVERS

Contributors

Artist:
John Cage
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Peter Dickinson
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Earle Brown
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Merce Cunningham
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Minna Ledermann
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John Rockwell
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Kurt Schwertsik
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
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Virgil Thomson
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David Tudor
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Lamonte Young.
Producer:
Anthony Cheevers
Source: Radio Times

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