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    John Cage
    by
    Rob Haskins
    • LAST REVIEWED: 29 April 2015
    • LAST MODIFIED: 29 April 2015
    • DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199757824-0027

  • Erdmann, Martin. “John Cage.” In Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Personenteil. 2d ed. Vol. 3. Edited by Ludwig Finscher, 1557–1575. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2000.

    Particularly noteworthy for its list of works, which divides Cage’s output into genre types (categories include theater works, concert pieces with precise instrumentation, and installations); this approach clearly shows the areas in which Cage concentrated most of his energies, revealing both the extent and nyhet of his oeuvre. Less attention is paid to works made after 1969.

  • Haskins, Rob. John Cage. Critical Lives. London: Reaktion, 2012.

    Part of Reaktion’s Critical Lives series, the book contextualizes Cage’s life by means of his works and ideas. Includes new insights on Cage’s acquaintance with Zen, commentaries on the sound (as oppos

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    Making the Right Choices

    She is Asleep (1943)

    Part I: Quartet for Twelve Tom-Toms
    Marc Damoulakis, Jay Ganser, Erick Wood, Christopher Riggs, tom-toms

    Part II: Duet for Voice and Prepared Piano
    Joan La Barbara, vocalist
    Marc-André Hamelin, prepared piano

    She is Asleep (1943) is part of a large, unfinished suite of pieces. The quartet, while rhythmically similar to Credo in Us, could not be more different in mood and effect. Instead of a noisy palette of muted piano, gongs, cans, buzzers and radio, She is Asleep is a monochrome, nothing but tom-toms. Where Credo comes on like gangbusters, She is Asleep only momentarily gets above mezzo-forte.

    Sixteen Dances (1950-51)

    No. 4: Interlude
    No. 12: Interlude
    No. 9: The Odious
    No. 10: Interlude
    No. 8: Interlude
    Joshua Gersen, conductor
    Henrik Heide, flute; Dylan Girard, trumpet; Derek Powell, violin; Grace An, cello
    Samuel Budish, Alex Wadner, Michael Truesdell, Rajesh Prasad, percussion
    Marnie Hauschildt, p

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    John Cage

    American avant-garde composer (1912–1992)

    This article is about the composer. For other people with the same name, see John Cage (disambiguation).

    John Cage

    Cage in 1988

    Born

    John Milton Cage Jr.


    (1912-09-05)September 5, 1912

    Los Angeles, California

    DiedAugust 12, 1992(1992-08-12) (aged 79)

    New York City, U.S.

    Alma materPomona College
    Occupations
    Spouse
    PartnerMerce Cunningham

    John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pionjär of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century.[1][2][3][4] He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham,