John
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John is the given name of John Cage, the influential 20th-century American composer known for his avant-garde and experimental music.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| John canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Merce Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Merce Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | studied with Arnold Schoenberg ⓘ |
| familyName | Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music composition
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performance art ⓘ sound art ⓘ |
| genre |
chance music
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contemporary classical music ⓘ electroacoustic music ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fluxus artists
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experimental musicians ⓘ minimalist composers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arnold Schoenberg
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Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki NERFINISHED ⓘ Erik Satie NERFINISHED ⓘ Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
prepared piano compositions
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use of chance operations in composition ⓘ use of indeterminacy in music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde music
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experimental music ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
chance-determined structures
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indeterminate scores ⓘ silence as a compositional element ⓘ |
| notableWork |
4′33″
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Atlas Eclipticalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Concert for Piano and Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Imaginary Landscape No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Imaginary Landscape No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Music of Changes NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonatas and Interludes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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composer ⓘ music theorist ⓘ |
| philosophicalView |
challenge to traditional definitions of music
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embrace of ambient sound as music ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usedTechnique |
aleatoric composition
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graphic notation ⓘ prepared piano ⓘ |
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