John Cage(1912-1992)

Composer
Music Department
Writer

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Innovative Composer and pianist, educated at Pomona College, he studied music with Fannie Dillon, Ruhan Buhlig, Lazare Levy, Henry Cowell, Adolph Weiss, Arnold Schönberg, and Edgard Varèse. He invented the concept of the "prepared" piano, and gave recitals in Europe and the United States. He joined ASCAP in 1955.

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Awards
- 1 win total

Known for

Shutter Island

8.2

Soundtrack

2010

Variations V

Composer

1966

Film über Nichts

Writer

1992

One 11 and 103

7.0

Writer

1992

Credits

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Composer

I killed the Russian cinema
Short
- original music by
- 2026
John Cage's Musicircus
Short
- Composer
- 2014
Before the Last Drop
- Composer
- 2014
Surrounded
7.8
Short
- Composer
- 2013
Ryoanji
- original music by
- 2011
Novembre
8.4
- Composer
- 2010
Das Richter Fenster
TV Movie
- Composer
- 2007
Um Filme Sem História
Short
- Composer
- 2002
John Cage: From Zero
6.8
- Composer
- 1995
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
7.7
Video
- Composer
- 1994
Fluxconcert
- Composer (segment "4'33")
- 1991
Jasper Johns: Take an Object
Short
- Composer
- 1990
Ryoanji
Short
- Composer
- 1990
Time Is Music: Elliott Carter and John Cage
- Composer
- 1988
Points in Space
Short
- Composer
- 1987

Music Department

Fading Light on An Unidentifiable Object with Unhirable Music and Unreadable Words
- Music Department (uncredited)
- 2022
eXtrañas heterodoXias
Podcast Series
- perfomer: Dream
- 2022
Sonata
Short
- Music Department
- 2018
The Ladder Barn Sessions
Video
- music
- 2016
Tomato
Short
- stock muisc
- 2015
Credo in Us
Video
- stock music
- 2015
Living Room Music
Video
- stock music
- 2015
Sixteen Dances
Video
- stock music
- 2015
The Perilous Night
Video
- stock music
- 2015
The Seasons
Video
- stock music
- 2015
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs
Video
- stock music
- 2015
Water Walk
Video
- stock music
- 2015
Stanze Sonore - Esperimento n. 2: Orchestra Diffusa
Video
- music by
- 2012
Bo Cage
Short
- stock music
- 2012
John Cage's 4'33
Video
- Music Department
- 2010

Writer

Adidas: 4/33
Video
- concept
- 2021
John Cage's 4'33 Death Metal Cover by Dead Territory
Video
- concept
- 2015
John Cage's 4'33 at the Musical Instrument Museum
Video
- concept
- 2012
European Broadcasting Union Orchestra Performs 4'33 by John Cage
Video
- concept
- 2012
John Cage, 4 Minutes, 33 Seconds Autotune
Short
- concept
- 2011
John Cage's 4'33
Video
- concept
- 2010
Armin Fuchs Performs John Cage's 4'33 for Piano
Video
- concept
- 2008
Zeitkratzer Unprotected Music: John Cage's Songbook No. 52
Video
- concept
- 2007
Film über Nichts
- text score Lecture on Nothing
- 1992
One 11 and 103
7.0
- Writer
- 1992
Variations V
- concept
- 1966

Videos5

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A ZEN LIFE - D.T. Suzuki

Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective trailer

Trailer 1:37

Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music

Trailer 1:42

New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde, New York 1971 trailer

Personal details

Official site
- Official Site
Born
- September 5, 1912
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
- August 12, 1992
- New York City, New York, USA(stroke)
Spouses
Other works
Author, "New Music Quarterly of Modern Composition".
Publicity listings
- 5 Biographical Movies
- 2 Articles

Did you know

Trivia
A pioneer 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.

Quotes
I do the cooking, and Merce does the dishes. [in 1989, when asked publicly for the first time about the "nature of his relationship" with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also his frequent professional collaborator.