listening to his piece‚ 4’33” I felt somewhat uncomfortable. Even though we learned about the piece before listening to it‚ I was still expecting music. I like the quote you included. We are taught to not appreciate silence or the idea of silence. John Cage presented many ideas that challenge what society tell us to believe. I really appreciated the piece 4’33” and Cage’s other pieces because it allowed me to question my thoughts and previous notions of what music is supposed to be. I think it is important
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John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5‚ 1912 – August 12‚ 1992) was an American composer. A pioneer of chance music‚ electronic music and non-standard use of musical instruments‚ Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde and‚ in the opinion of many‚ the most influential American composer of the 20th century.[1][2] He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance‚ mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham‚ who was also Cage’s romantic partner for
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John Milton Cage Jr is an American composer of the 20th century. John Cage was born on September 5‚ 1912 in Los Angeles‚ California and died August 12‚ 1992‚ in New York‚ New York. During his 80 years of life Cage had accomplished many achievements and left a great legacy that still remains today. Cage impact in the world of music is he proposing that the primary act of musical performance was not making music‚ but listening. While attending Pomona College for a short period of time‚ Cage realized that
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Cage‚ one of the most revered composers of the 20th century‚ changed how people understood the meaning of music. His experimental‚ controversial musical philosophies exposed the contradictions between the definition of sound and the definition of music. Although it is challenging to explain the broad concepts of sound and music‚ Cage asserts that both music and sound do not require meaning to be memorable and bring pleasure. Although I personally disagree with this philosophy‚ I believe his unorthodox
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Locked In: An Analysis of the Environment in “The Cage” The wire of the fence bounds the man within its clutches. Escape seems to be in sight‚ but is lost when he seems to have reached it. “The Cage” by Heinrich Boll is a short story about a man who is closed in by the boundaries of metal wire as a prisoner‚ looking for relief. The man ends up getting a miserable fate. In Heinrich Boll’s “The Cage‚” the author signifies how a person can change due to miserable environmental conditions and loss
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When locked away in a cage‚ the only thing that can escape is the bird’s song‚ or voice. The little bird Linda may have been physically trapped in her cage‚ but she sent her voice out into the world to influence those around her. She manipulated the direction of her voice by addressing letters to her family/Dr. Flint from the Free States. These letters achieved their purpose and sent Dr. Flint on several goose chases around the northern Free States in an attempt to find Linda and bring her back.
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Surprise of a lifetime The sun was shining in brightly and violently onto our pale skin through the small crack of the curtain that was left partially open from the night before. As I slowly began to wake I realized a shadow standing off to the side of my bed‚ quickly I opened my eyes straining to see this figure through the incoming sun beams. The figure moved and I soon realized it was just my husband Cody as he came closer I let out a long sigh in relief‚ and giggled a little out loud
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were playing in the jungle together but we were caught by some humans. They used a hood to cover our eyes and they put us into a cage. I couldn’t know where I was going. I just heard the truck rolling on the road. When I could see I was locked in a small dark cell.I needed to escape to find her‚ but how? Suddenly‚ I saw a guard pass by through a crack in the cage and I saw the key to get out of this cell. I tried to talk to him and I said‚ “Hey‚ Guard‚ could you please pass me some food‚ I’m
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On the step of her new husband’s house‚ Nella Oortman lifts and drops the dolphin knocker‚ embarrassed by the thud. No one comes‚ though she is expected. The time was prearranged and letters written‚ her mother’s paper so thin compared with Brandt’s expensive vellum. No‚ she thinks‚ this is not the best of greetings‚ given the blink of a marriage ceremony the month before – no garlands‚ no betrothal cup‚ no wedding bed. Nella places her small trunk and birdcage on the step. She knows she’ll
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being trapped. Black chains are also wrapped around the sparkley cage‚ which makes her even more confined than just being in the cage. A mans clothing and top hat sits over the veil‚ chains and the cage door‚ which shows that men‚ and especially rich men like Curly and his father are the most powerful‚ have the most freedom in the novel‚ and are the ones who trap and confine other less powerful people. Bird’s feathers in the cage are a metaphor for Curley’s wife who is like a confined bird‚ and
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