Where the heart beats : John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the inner lives of artists

by Kay Larson

Hardcover, 2012

Publication

Imprint: New York : Penguin Press, 2012. Responsibility: Kay Larson. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xvi, 474 pages [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Call number

PA / Cage

Barcode

BK-07289

ISBN

9781594203404

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Arts and Letters

CSS Library Notes

FY2016 /

Physical description

xvi, 474 p.; 25 cm

Description

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.