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To John Cage As The Representative Music Of The Pioneer

Posted on:2012-07-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:B LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2215330338956921Subject:Art
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In this paper, a pioneer of Western music is specific to the West after World War II in 1945 with the emergence of new experimental music. In this period, World War II social factors contribute to innovation musicians, avant musicians rejected the techniques and traditional music performances and other factors, frequent turnover in the works of new techniques to create new sounds, trying to make their own music different.With the development of society, further exchanges around the world, not just in science and technology, culture, art, religion and other aspects of the deeper learning exchanges, Western musicians to accept and absorb the essence of Oriental culture, Eastern and Western culture and the arts musicians in context. John. Cage as one of the main representative of pioneer music, his creative and ideological influence of the world at that time a large number of composers. This paper will detail the author of John. Cage's music.Everything has two sides, of course, to promote the development of pioneering music of Western music before the trip, but due to excessive composers in the creation of novelty, surprise, leading pioneer of Western music in all aspects of the problem emerged.The body of this article is divided into three parts:Part I:First, the vanguard of western music specific development, definition, genre evolution.Part II:Pioneer in musical history, music has a pivotal position because it is different from the past to create new techniques of traditional music,experimental efforts to create a new sound, another pioneer in this period by musicians and social development impact of a steady stream of new ideas, special era created a special work. With the Eastern and Western countries gradually increased the exchange of learning, Eastern culture slowly taking root in the West. This section describes the major Indian philosophy, Japanese Zen, Chinese "Book of Changes" on the impact of avant-garde works, most influenced by this than John. Cage's works. Pioneer is also the creation of music inspired by technological development, the production of musical instruments, musical forms of innovation, many of which are affected by the technological development. Besides music, other art forms also a pioneer in music can not be ignored.Then a representative from the American Pioneer music composer John. Cage starting to understand, in the same period in China, Tan Dun as the first batch of students after the Cultural Revolution, with a strong ideological imprint of the times, they completely abandoned the traditional values, from After graduating from the Central Conservatory of Music, Tan Dun to study in America of modern Western music. He met John in the United States. Cage, Cage's thinking of heritage in their own works, which he demonstrated the characteristics of western music Vanguard's head.Partâ…¢:Introduction to the unique style of avant-garde music features, while the music is not as avant-garde works of master balance, leading to accumulation of new techniques work, rhythm disorder, sound effects displeasure in the ear. Some works even embarked on a "performance art" road, is seriously out of the music of nature.
Keywords/Search Tags:avant-garde music of John·Cage, special, limitations
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