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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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 |
04:33 |
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 |
09:52 |
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 |
08:36 |
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 |
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