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An introduction to the extraordinary life of John Cage, composer, writer, and artist

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Drawing on interviews with John Cage's contemporaries and friends and on the entire archive of his letters and writings, and including photographs ... More

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Composer John Cage is often described as the most influential musician of the last half-century. He has defined - and continues to define - our whole ... More

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John Cage's contribution to twentieth-century music, literature and art not only established his place as a leading figure in the post-war avant ... More

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Revealing unpublished interviews with John Cage and some of his closest colleagues, including Virgil Thomson, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pauline Oliveros ... More

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John Cage has been described as the most influential composer of the last half of the twentieth century. His work and ideas - about silence, ... More

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"Conversing with Cage" draws on over 150 interviews with John Cage conducted over four decades to draw a full picture of his life and art. Filled ... More

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John Philip Sousa was the Beatles of his day--America's first big superstar: conductor of more than 14,000 concerts, composer of a hundred hit tunes, ... More

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Celebrates the richness and diversity of Cage's achievements, providing a rounded portrait of an influential composer.

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"For years he was dismissed as an eccentric exponent of arbitrary noise punctuated by silence. Now, however, John Cage is universally acknowledged as ... More

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This tribute to American composer John Cage includes personal interviews, rare photographs, and analyses of Cage's music and writings. The ... More

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One of America's great twentieth-century composers in a series of wide-ranging conversations.

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John Cage (1912--1992) defined a radical practice of composition that changed the course of modern music and shaped a new conceptual horizon for ... More

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Behind the scenes in the life of a musician--an exuberant, entertaining memoir from jazz guitarist, singer, and raconteur John Pizzarelli John ... More

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A study of two of the greatest composers of the twentieth century through their correspondence, now available for the first time in English in a ... More

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A brief biography concentrating on the career of singer and songwriter John Denver.

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With this generous biography, now available in paperback, Howard Pollack restores to the public eye a prolific and gifted artist whom Walter Damrosch ... More

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This autobiography of legendary New Orleans piano man Dr. John--"the hippest, fonkiest cat to come down the musical turnpike" (Library Journal)--is ... More

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-- Captures the central drama of Coltrane's life which other books have failed to do. -- Proven track record with former distributor: reached the top ... More

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Named one of the best jazz books of 2010 by "Jazz Times"'s reader poll John Coltrane created a new sound, a music that had nothing to do with anyone ... More

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This is the first full-length introduction to the life and works of significant American composer Marga Richter (born 1926), who has written more ... More

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