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==Literature==
 
==Literature==
 
* [[Media:John_Cage_-_Silence_Lectures_and_Writings,_1973.pdf|''Silence: Lectures and Writings'']], Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, 1961/1973
 
* [[Media:John_Cage_-_Silence_Lectures_and_Writings,_1973.pdf|''Silence: Lectures and Writings'']], Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, 1961/1973
* ''A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings'', 1967
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* [[Media:John_Cage_A_Year_from_Monday-_New_Lectures_and_Writings_1967.pdf|''A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings'']], Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, 1963/1967
 
* ''Notations'', 1969
 
* ''Notations'', 1969
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; About Cage
 
* Richard Kostelanetz, ''Conversing with Cage'', Routledge, 2002
 
* Richard Kostelanetz, ''Conversing with Cage'', Routledge, 2002
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* Kenneth Silverman, ''Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage'', 2010
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
* http://exhibitions.nypl.org/johncage/
 
* http://exhibitions.nypl.org/johncage/
 
* http://cagecomp.home.xs4all.nl/
 
* http://cagecomp.home.xs4all.nl/

Revision as of 11:25, 30 January 2014

John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. 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.

Literature

About Cage
  • Richard Kostelanetz, Conversing with Cage, Routledge, 2002
  • Kenneth Silverman, Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage, 2010

External Links