John Cage

Biography by Michael Rodman

American composer John Cage, among history's most influential artistic innovators, strove to broaden the definition of music and introduced chance operations into the compositional process.
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Album Highlights

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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Avg. Duration	Genre
Sonatas and Interludes, for prepared piano	1948	28:13	Keyboard
Suite for Toy Piano, for toy piano or piano	1948	07:34	Keyboard
Fontana Mix, for 4-channel tape or indeterminate means	1958	15:44	Electronic/Computer Music
Concerto, for prepared piano & chamber orchestra	1951	20:16	Concerto
Music of Changes, for piano	1951	44:02	Keyboard
4'33", for any ensemble or number of players	1952	04:30	Miscellaneous (Classical) Avant-Garde Music
Atlas Eclipticalis, for orchestra (parts for 86 musicians)	1961	41:19	Orchestral
First Construction (In Metal), for 6 percussionists	1939	09:59	Chamber Music
Aria, for solo voice (any range)	1958	10:01	Vocal Music
Etudes Boreales I-IV, for piano	1978	21:21	Keyboard
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, for voice & closed piano	1942	02:55	Vocal Music
Music for ..., any combination of 1-17 instrumental parts (title of work is completed by number of instruments used)	1984	26:20	Miscellaneous (Classical) Chamber Music
Third Construction, for 4 percussionists	1941	11:05	Chamber Music
Ryoanji, for voice, flute, oboe, trombone, contrabass, percussion, chamber orchestra & 2nd voice ad lib	1983	19:41	Vocal Music Chamber Music
In a Landscape, for piano or harp	1948	08:39	Keyboard Chamber Music
Second Construction, for 4 percussionists	1940	07:35	Chamber Music
Imaginary Landscape No. 1, for 2 variable speed turntables, frequency records, muted piano & cymbal	1939	07:44	Electronic/Computer Music Avant-Garde Music
Bacchanale, for prepared piano	1940	08:26	Keyboard
Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on Finnegan's Wake, for voice, tape & Irish musicians	1979	01:00:16	Vocal Music
Dream, for piano	1948	08:01	Keyboard