John Cage

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artist composer human music theorist writer

John Cage was an innovative 20th-century American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in experimental music, chance operations, and the use of silence as a compositional element.

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Label Occurrences
John Cage canonical 22
John Milton Cage Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artist ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
birthDate 1912-09-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
collaboratedWith David Tudor ⓘ
Jasper Johns ⓘ
Merce Cunningham ⓘ
Robert Rauschenberg ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1992-08-12 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
educatedAt Pomona College ⓘ
surface form: Pomona College (did not graduate)
familyName Cage ⓘ
fullName John Cage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Milton Cage Jr.
genre aleatoric music ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
influenced Fluxus ⓘ
surface form: Fluxus movement

Karlheinz Stockhausen ⓘ
La Monte Young ⓘ
Merce Cunningham ⓘ
Philip Glass ⓘ
Steve Reich ⓘ
influencedBy Arnold Schoenberg ⓘ
D. T. Suzuki ⓘ
Erik Satie ⓘ
Henry Cowell ⓘ
Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
Chan Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
knownFor experimental music ⓘ
prepared piano ⓘ
use of chance operations in composition ⓘ
use of silence as a compositional element ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement avant-garde ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ
indeterminacy in music ⓘ
notableIdea embracing ambient sound as music ⓘ
music as organized sound ⓘ
removal of composer’s intention through chance ⓘ
notableWork 4′33″ ⓘ
Atlas Eclipticalis ⓘ
Cheap Imitation ⓘ
Concert for Piano and Orchestra ⓘ
Europeras ⓘ
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 ⓘ
Imaginary Landscape No. 4 ⓘ
Music of Changes ⓘ
Sonatas and Interludes ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
partner Merce Cunningham ⓘ
placeOfBurial Cremated, ashes scattered in the Ramapo Mountains, New York ⓘ
religionOrPhilosophy Chan Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
studiedUnder Arnold Schoenberg ⓘ
Henry Cowell ⓘ
usedCompositionalTechnique chance operations ⓘ
graphic notation ⓘ
indeterminacy ⓘ
prepared piano ⓘ
tape music ⓘ
wrote A Year from Monday ⓘ
Empty Words ⓘ
M ⓘ
Silence: Lectures and Writings ⓘ
X: Writings ’79–’82 ⓘ

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Marcel Duchamp → influenced → John Cage ⓘ
Robert Rauschenberg → influencedBy → John Cage ⓘ
Robert Rauschenberg → collaboratedWith → John Cage ⓘ
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Jasper Johns → collaboratedWith → John Cage ⓘ
Arnold Schoenberg → notableStudent → John Cage ⓘ
Nam June Paik → influencedBy → John Cage ⓘ
Nam June Paik → collaboratedWith → John Cage ⓘ
Bruce Nauman → influencedBy → John Cage ⓘ
John Cage → fullName → John Cage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Milton Cage Jr.
Lou Harrison → collaboratedWith → John Cage ⓘ
Luigi Russolo → influenced → John Cage ⓘ
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Black Mountain College → hadFaculty → John Cage ⓘ
Merce Cunningham → collaboratedWith → John Cage ⓘ
Merce Cunningham → partner → John Cage ⓘ
Cage paintings → namedAfter → John Cage ⓘ
Erik Satie → influenced → John Cage ⓘ
Charles Ives → influenced → John Cage ⓘ
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Cage & Fish law firm → hasFoundingPartner → John Cage ⓘ
subject surface form: Cage & Fish
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subject surface form: Cage & Fish