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Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage ReviewSilverman's book offers very little about Cage's music or the circumstances surrounding the music. He leaves out important stories such as the reason for the creation of the prepared piano was that Cage wanted to write a percussion ensemble to accompany dance but, did not have the space for the instruments - he could however prepare a piano and have an entire percussion ensemble at his fingertips. Also, while Cage was in Paris and briefly studied to be an architect, his teacher told him that he must devote himself entirely to architecture if he were to pursue it. Cage decide he could not devote himself to architecture but, could devote himself to music. This is a life altering event in Cage's life and it gets a vague sentence in this book. Has Silverman done any research? As I read, I continually felt I knew much more about Cage than he did. Though he is very good about pulling absolutely mundane details of Cage's life from letters and other accounts.Call me crazy but, a biography about a musician/composer (or any other artist for that matter) should have a major portion of it devoted to their work...because that was THEIR LIFE!
Silverman focuses more on who was sleeping with who than Cage's music. Granted this aspect of Cage's life has been little written about.
If you want a great biography on Cage - The Roaring Silence: John Cage: A Life. If you only want tangential stories with no substance about music, then definitely buy this book.Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage Overview
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