John Cage
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John Cage, among history's most influential artistic innovators, broadened 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
28:39
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
02:54
Vocal Music
Music for ..., any combination of 1-17 instrumental parts (title of work is completed by number of instruments used)
1984
24:06
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
08:41
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
07:55
Keyboard
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