John Cage (Composer)
Born: 5th September 1912, Los Angeles
Died: 12th August 1992, New York
Nationality: American
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, artist, and philosopher. 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. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also Cage's romantic partner for most of their lives.
Cage is perhaps best known for his 1952 composition 4′33″, which is performed in the absence of deliberate sound; musicians who present the work do nothing aside from being present for the duration specified by the title. The content of the composition is not "four minutes and 33 seconds of silence," as is often assumed, but rather the sounds of the environment heard by the audience during performance.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage
Browse: Cage
Popular Genres: Cage
Chamber
Instrumental
Vocal
Concertos
Other Genres
Popular Works: Cage
- 4' 33" (10)
- A Flower (12)
- A Room (15)
- Amores (11)
- And the Earth Shall Bear Again (8)
- Bacchanale (10)
- Cartridge Music (8)
- Cheap Imitation (8)
- Concert for Piano & Orchestra (12)
- Credo in Us (8)
- Dream (31)
- First Construction in Metal (1939) for seven percussionists (11)
- Five (12)
- In a Landscape (48)
- In the Name of the Holocaust (8)
- Music for Marcel Duchamp (16)
- Music for Two (9)
- Nocturne (10)
- Ophelia (9)
- Prelude for Meditation (12)
- Primitive (10)
- Root of an Unfocus (10)
- Ryoanji (18)
- Second Construction for four players (12)
- She is Asleep (8)
- Six Melodies (12)
- Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 5 (8)
- Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (27)
- Souvenir (8)
- String Quartet in Four Parts (10)
- Suite for Toy Piano (11)
- The Perilous Night (10)
- The Seasons (9)
- The Unavailable Memory of (8)
- The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (23)
- Third Construction (16)
- Tossed as it is Untroubled (9)
- Totem Ancestor (13)
- Two Pieces for Piano (1946) (9)
- Variations I (11)
Recent Best Sellers: Cage
-
RecommendedCD: Original price ($15.75) Reduced price $12.50Download from $10.00
-
CD: $17.50Download from $10.00
-
CD: $15.75Download from $10.00
-
2 CDs: $21.75Download from $20.00
-
CD: Original price ($23.00) Reduced price $18.50Download from Original price ($10.00) Reduced price $7.00
-
CD: $16.00Download from $8.25
New Releases: Cage
-
Download from $10.00
-
CD: $16.00Download from $8.25
-
View all new releases
Future Releases: Cage
-
Download from $10.00
-
View all future releases
