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Provides the first comprehensive life of John Cage. Silverman begins with Cage's childhood in interwar Los Angeles and his stay in Paris from 1930 to 1931. Silverman concurrently follows Cage's rich personal life, from his early marriage to his lifelong personal and professional partnership with choreographer Merce Cunningham, as well as his friendships over the years with other composers, artists, philosophers, and writers.

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Provides the first comprehensive life of John Cage. Silverman begins with Cage's childhood in interwar Los Angeles and his stay in Paris from 1930 to 1931. Silverman concurrently follows Cage's rich personal life, from his early marriage to his lifelong personal and professional partnership with choreographer Merce Cunningham, as well as his friendships over the years with other composers, artists, philosophers, and writers.
Autorenporträt
Kenneth Silverman is professor of emeritus of English at NYU. He is the author of biographies of Edgar Allen Poe, Houdini, and Samuel F. Morse, and he has received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Bancroft Prize in American History, among other prizes. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.