In this essay I investigate the relationship of the famous musician and music pro- ducer David Byrne, former leader of the historic band Talking Heads, with Japanese Zen philosophy and aesthetics. In his How Music Works, Byrne explains the influence of Japanese theatrical art forms and the idea of emptiness underlying them in the development of his idea of music, inevitably referring to the teachings of John Cage, who was, in turn, a student of the Zen master D. T. Suzuki. From a careful study of Taoist and Zen thought, Cage had drawn a radically new conception of music, paving the way for a series of revolutionary experiments and the destructuring of the concept of the musical author, from which Byrne began his book.
ThIs must be the place. Variazioni Su DaVid Byrne e lo zen
Giorgio Sica
2024-01-01
Abstract
In this essay I investigate the relationship of the famous musician and music pro- ducer David Byrne, former leader of the historic band Talking Heads, with Japanese Zen philosophy and aesthetics. In his How Music Works, Byrne explains the influence of Japanese theatrical art forms and the idea of emptiness underlying them in the development of his idea of music, inevitably referring to the teachings of John Cage, who was, in turn, a student of the Zen master D. T. Suzuki. From a careful study of Taoist and Zen thought, Cage had drawn a radically new conception of music, paving the way for a series of revolutionary experiments and the destructuring of the concept of the musical author, from which Byrne began his book.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
