Who is John CAGE?
John Cage was an American composer, featured for having a strange sense of sound. He said there is no such thing like silence because there cannot be empty space or smell-less things; There has to be something to sense. His famous composition "4 33" represents the idea of that. In terms of the influence to composers of younger generation, he was very influencing and changed musical sense of many. His musical compositions were based on abstracts and he sometimes referred to an abstract artwork. He is famous for using unusual instruments, such as sound made while boiling water and glass-crushing sound. His music is completely out of the box and creative though controversial. He is also known for using a lot of minimalism. Most of his composition includes constant rhythms and patterns.
"Sonatas and Interludes" is a collection of twenty pieces for prepared piano(a piano which makes different sounds due to an object placed on strings.) by John Cage. The pieces are clearly odd and full of originality, but it tells us that Cage was in an another musical world, which only few understood.
Collaboration with Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock is an American painter whose work is mostly abstract. Although his belief on arts was contrary to Cage's, they shared common adversary: ancient European theory and thoughts on arts, which were old-fashioned and bound by rules. Pollock's works were done by randomly throwing the painting onto a paper. They came together to create new type of arts and shared their ideas through collaboration. They also expressed each other in their work.
The painting on the left hand side was done by John Cage advised by Pollock. It demonstrates the features seen in Pollock's work, such as the use of color. He uses White paint a lot. Musical compositions they created are constantly low-pitched and quiet, but it contained some sudden rises of volume.
Who is Phillip Glass?
Phillip Glass is a classical American composer. He is said to be one of the most influential artist in late 20th century. He had studied music in University of Chicago. His compositions are varied in types. He created classical, orchestral and many other types of music. He produced the theme music of the movie"Fantastic 4". He mainly used wind instruments for the theme song, but he uses combo of voices, electronic keyboards, wind instruments, flute, etc...Collaboration with Richard Serra
Philip Glass once worked as an assistant of an American visual artist, Richard Serra in 1960s. Serra is famous for his minimalist sculpture, but he worked on other types of art, such as paintings and drawings. His sculpture mainly used curved lines and mainly made out of wood. The sculptures were huge and some of them are used as a part of building as shown on the left. Glass says Serra and he didn't discuss much about music and art, but he was welcomed to play his unusual music in Serra's gallery , which suggests that they acknowledged each other's originality. Reason why Glass decided to work with Serra is supposedly because he thought Serra's work possessed strong identity and when he put music into the sculptural environment that would be a real encounter. The compositions inspired by Serra were played by piano and were based on minimalism.
Who is Igor Stravinsky? Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor. As well as cage and Glass, he is considered as one of the most influential composer in 20th century. One of his quotes is " I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.", which justifies the other quotes " My music is best understood by children and animals". These quotes suggests that he didn't want people to understand his music, but he knew people will be inspired by his music in some way. His compositions are abnormal, weird and innovative to normal people like me. He created lots of orchestral compositions that tend to have silence every five seconds. He also used 12-notes serialism a lot. Compositions made when he was young were like a combination of traditional and modern music.Collaboration with Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer cited as the most greatest dancer of the early 20th century. He collaborated with Stravinsky through "The Rite of Spring"( A ballet by Stravinsky). It consists of several wind instruments and sudden rises of pitch and it sounds like symphony. The dance was designed and done by Nijinsky surrounded by few dancers walking around him and it involves many jumping and motion of arms. The dance is appropriate for the title of the ballet. However Stravinsky hated the dance.
John Cage was an American composer, featured for having a strange sense of sound. He said there is no such thing like silence because there cannot be empty space or smell-less things; There has to be something to sense. His famous composition "4 33" represents the idea of that. In terms of the influence to composers of younger generation, he was very influencing and changed musical sense of many. His musical compositions were based on abstracts and he sometimes referred to an abstract artwork. He is famous for using unusual instruments, such as sound made while boiling water and glass-crushing sound. His music is completely out of the box and creative though controversial. He is also known for using a lot of minimalism. Most of his composition includes constant rhythms and patterns.
"Sonatas and Interludes" is a collection of twenty pieces for prepared piano(a piano which makes different sounds due to an object placed on strings.) by John Cage. The pieces are clearly odd and full of originality, but it tells us that Cage was in an another musical world, which only few understood.
Collaboration with Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock is an American painter whose work is mostly abstract. Although his belief on arts was contrary to Cage's, they shared common adversary: ancient European theory and thoughts on arts, which were old-fashioned and bound by rules. Pollock's works were done by randomly throwing the painting onto a paper. They came together to create new type of arts and shared their ideas through collaboration. They also expressed each other in their work.
The painting on the left hand side was done by John Cage advised by Pollock. It demonstrates the features seen in Pollock's work, such as the use of color. He uses White paint a lot. Musical compositions they created are constantly low-pitched and quiet, but it contained some sudden rises of volume. Who is Phillip Glass?
Phillip Glass is a classical American composer. He is said to be one of the most influential artist in late 20th century. He had studied music in University of Chicago. His compositions are varied in types. He created classical, orchestral and many other types of music. He produced the theme music of the movie"Fantastic 4". He mainly used wind instruments for the theme song, but he uses combo of voices, electronic keyboards, wind instruments, flute, etc...Collaboration with Richard Serra
Philip Glass once worked as an assistant of an American visual artist, Richard Serra in 1960s. Serra is famous for his minimalist sculpture, but he worked on other types of art, such as paintings and drawings. His sculpture mainly used curved lines and mainly made out of wood. The sculptures were huge and some of them are used as a part of building as shown on the left. Glass says Serra and he didn't discuss much about music and art, but he was welcomed to play his unusual music in Serra's gallery , which suggests that they acknowledged each other's originality. Reason why Glass decided to work with Serra is supposedly because he thought Serra's work possessed strong identity and when he put music into the sculptural environment that would be a real encounter. The compositions inspired by Serra were played by piano and were based on minimalism.
Who is Igor Stravinsky? Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor. As well as cage and Glass, he is considered as one of the most influential composer in 20th century. One of his quotes is " I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.", which justifies the other quotes " My music is best understood by children and animals". These quotes suggests that he didn't want people to understand his music, but he knew people will be inspired by his music in some way. His compositions are abnormal, weird and innovative to normal people like me. He created lots of orchestral compositions that tend to have silence every five seconds. He also used 12-notes serialism a lot. Compositions made when he was young were like a combination of traditional and modern music.Collaboration with Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer cited as the most greatest dancer of the early 20th century. He collaborated with Stravinsky through "The Rite of Spring"( A ballet by Stravinsky). It consists of several wind instruments and sudden rises of pitch and it sounds like symphony. The dance was designed and done by Nijinsky surrounded by few dancers walking around him and it involves many jumping and motion of arms. The dance is appropriate for the title of the ballet. However Stravinsky hated the dance. 
