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	Genre
Sonatas and Interludes, for prepared piano	1948	Keyboard
Music of Changes, for piano	1951	Keyboard
Suite for Toy Piano, for toy piano or piano	1948	Keyboard
Atlas Eclipticalis, for orchestra (parts for 86 musicians)	1961	Orchestral
4'33", for any ensemble or number of players	1952	Miscellaneous (Classical) Avant-Garde Music
First Construction (In Metal), for 6 percussionists	1939	Chamber Music
Concerto, for prepared piano & chamber orchestra	1951	Concerto
Etudes Boreales I-IV, for piano	1978	Keyboard
Fontana Mix, for 4-channel tape or indeterminate means	1958	Electronic/Computer Music
In a Landscape, for piano or harp	1948	Keyboard Chamber Music
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, for voice & closed piano	1942	Vocal Music
Music for ..., any combination of 1-17 instrumental parts (title of work is completed by number of instruments used)	1984	Miscellaneous (Classical) Chamber Music
Third Construction, for 4 percussionists	1941	Chamber Music
Ryoanji, for voice, flute, oboe, trombone, contrabass, percussion, chamber orchestra & 2nd voice ad lib	1983	Vocal Music Chamber Music
Second Construction, for 4 percussionists	1940	Chamber Music
Concert for Piano & Orchestra, for piano & 13 other instruments in any combination	1957	Concerto
Sixteen Dances, for flute, trumpet, 4 percussionists, violin, cello & piano	1951	Chamber Music
Aria, for solo voice (any range)	1958	Vocal Music
Cartridge Music, for amplified 'small' sounds	1960	Electronic/Computer Music Avant-Garde Music
Dream, for piano	1948	Keyboard