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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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
performance art
sound art
genre chance music
contemporary classical music
electroacoustic music
givenName John NERFINISHED
influenced Fluxus artists NERFINISHED
experimental musicians
minimalist composers
influencedBy Arnold Schoenberg NERFINISHED
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki NERFINISHED
Erik Satie NERFINISHED
Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED
knownFor prepared piano compositions
use of chance operations in composition
use of indeterminacy in music
language English
movement avant-garde music
experimental music
nationality American
notableIdea chance-determined structures
indeterminate scores
silence as a compositional element
notableWork 4′33″ NERFINISHED
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
composer
music theorist
philosophicalView challenge to traditional definitions of music
embrace of ambient sound as music
sexOrGender male
usedTechnique aleatoric composition
graphic notation
prepared piano

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John Cage givenName John