John Cage
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
- Silence: Lectures and Writings, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, 1961/1973
- A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, 1963/1967
- Notations, 1969
- About Cage
- Richard Kostelanetz, Conversing with Cage, Routledge, 1987, 2nd edition, 2003
- Peter Dickinson, CageTalk: Dialogues with and about John Cage (Eastman Studies in Music), 2006
- Kenneth Silverman, Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage, 2010
