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EC=JC2: John Cage as exemplary creator

EC=JC2: John Cage as exemplary creator
EC=JC2: John Cage as exemplary creator
In his 1993 book Creating Minds, psychologist Howard Gardner analyzes the conditions that maintained in the early lives of such major cultural figures as Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, and Eliot. Extrapolating from the common ground he identifies between these figures, Gardner ultimately paints a 'Portrait of the Exemplary Creator. In this paper, I argue that John Cage is, by virtue both of his particular background and his extraordinary achievements, to a very considerable degree of archetypal example of such an 'exemplary creator'. As such, Cage therefore deserves to be placed not at the margins, but rather - like the subjects of Gardner's book - at the center of our understanding of modern culture.
1438-857X
76-85
Nicholls, David
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Nicholls, David
03b203c2-f929-441a-88b7-8af9d5211270

Nicholls, David (2002) EC=JC2: John Cage as exemplary creator. Frankfurt Journal of Musicology, 5 (S), 76-85.

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In his 1993 book Creating Minds, psychologist Howard Gardner analyzes the conditions that maintained in the early lives of such major cultural figures as Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, and Eliot. Extrapolating from the common ground he identifies between these figures, Gardner ultimately paints a 'Portrait of the Exemplary Creator. In this paper, I argue that John Cage is, by virtue both of his particular background and his extraordinary achievements, to a very considerable degree of archetypal example of such an 'exemplary creator'. As such, Cage therefore deserves to be placed not at the margins, but rather - like the subjects of Gardner's book - at the center of our understanding of modern culture.

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Published date: 2002
Additional Information: Spanish translation: CE=JC2: John Cage como creador ejemplar in Radar5 festival brochure (March-April 2006), 16-23

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Local EPrints ID: 67451
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/67451
ISSN: 1438-857X
PURE UUID: c312b39a-2dcd-4ccc-9ef2-de67c9bd3d2c

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Date deposited: 08 Sep 2009
Last modified: 10 Dec 2021 16:16

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Author: David Nicholls

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