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The first biography of composer John Cage to show how his work, and that of countless American artists, was transformed by Zen Buddhism. One of the greatest American composers of the twentieth century, John Cage created music that defies easy explanation. Many writers have grappled with Cage’s music—which used notes chosen by chance, randomly tuned radios, and even silence—trying to understand what his music means rather than where it came from. An unprecedented and revelatory book, Where the Heart Beats reveals what actually empowered Cage to compose his incredible music, and how he inspired the tremendous artistic transformations of mid-century America. Where the Heart Beats is the first biography of John Cage to address the phenomenal importance of Zen Buddhism to the composer’s life, and to the artistic avant-garde of the 1950s and 60s. Zen’s power of transforming Cage’s troubled mind, by showing him his own enlightened nature—which is also the nature of all living things—liberated Cage from an acute personal crisis that threatened his life, his music, and his relationship with his life-partner, Merce Cunningham. Caught in a society that rejected his music, his politics, and

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Author

Kay Larson

Publisher

The Penguin Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781594203404

Category

music

Subjects

Philosophy, Buddhism, History

Rating

4.12 / 5 (415 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14