John Cage(1912-1992)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Writer
Innovative Composer and pianist, educated at Pomona College, he studied
music with Fannie Dillon, Ruhan Buhlig, Lazare Levy, Henry Cowell,
Adolph Weiss, Arnold Schönberg, and Edgard Varèse. He invented the concept of the
"prepared" piano, and gave recitals in Europe and the United States. He
joined ASCAP in 1955.
- Awards
- 1 win
Composer
- 2014
- Before the Last Drop
- Composer
- 2014
- 2013
- Ryoanji
- Composer (original music by)
- 2011
- 2010
- 2007
- 2002
- 1995
- 1994
- Fluxconcert
- Composer (segment 4'33)
- 1991
- 1990
- 1990
- 1988
- 1987
- 1977
Music Department
Writer
- 2021
- 2015
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2008
- 2007
- 1992
- Film über Nichts
- text score Lecture on Nothing
- 1992
- Variations V
- concept
- 1966
- Official site
- Born
- Died
- SpousesMerce Cunningham1945 - August 12, 1992 (his death)
- Other worksAuthor, "New Music Quarterly of Modern Composition".
- Publicity listings
- TriviaDid scholarly research into the science of fungology (the study of mushrooms and other fungi).
- QuotesI do the cooking, and Merce does the dishes. [in 1989, when asked publicly for the first time about the "nature of his relationship" with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also his frequent professional collaborator.
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