Daniel Levitin vs. John Cage
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Daniel Levitin
1957 – present
Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC is an American-Canadian polymath, cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer. He is the author of four New York Times best-selling books, including This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies.
"Music combines the temporal aspects of film and dance with the spatial aspects of painting and sculpture, where pitch space takes the place of three-dimensional…"
John Cage
1912 – 1992
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, artist, and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde.
"I remember loving sound before I ever took a music lesson. And so we make our lives by what we love."