
John Cage
Country of origin:
United States of America
Birthday:
September 5, 1912
Date of death:
August 12, 1992
About John Cage
"I still believe that the purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind thus making it susceptible to divine influences.""Silence. Sounds are only bubbles on its surface. They burst to disappear."
Of the composers of the twentieth century John Cage (1912–1992) is doubtless one of the most inventive and the most determined in the pursuit of his musical goals. Though not responsible for its invention – for that we have Henry Cowell to thank – it was Cage's sophisticated use of the prepared piano that first brought him fame. In addition, he was responsible for a number of innovations in the aesthetics of music that were as radical as they were influential: the emancipation of noise and the use of silence as an equal partner to the musical material, the introduction of chance processes in composition, the liberation of sounds from any association with history or intention, and not least doing away with the borders of the musical work by introducing other arts. In doing so Cage's declared goal was to reconcile art and life.
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John Cage: Harmonies / Girolamo Frescobaldi: CanzoniComposer: John Cage | Girolamo FrescobaldiInterpreter: Stefan Hussong | Mike SvobodaMedia Type: CDProduct number: WER 66552€18.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Author: John CageEditor: Stefan Schaedler | Walter ZimmermannMedia Type: BookLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 8076€23.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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film collage by Hans G Helms (1972)Composer: John CageInterpreter: Maro Ajemian | Grete Sultan | David TudorMedia Type: DVDProduct number: MV 8065€24.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Works for Percussion SoloComposer: John CageInterpreter: Matthias KaulProduct number: WER 73202As low as€11.99Incl. Tax
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Author: Pierre Boulez | John CageEditor: Jean-Jacques Nattiez | Robert PiencikowskiMedia Type: BookSeries: Publications from the Paul Sacher Foundation, Vol. 1
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More Works for Percussion€18.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: John Cage | Luigi Nono | Giacinto Scelsi | Karlheinz StockhausenInterpreter: Holger Stenschke | Mike SvobodaMedia Type: CDEdition: Hybrid Stereo + Surround SoundProduct number: WER 67442€18.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Media Type: 8 CDsEdition: 64-page booklet in presentation boxProduct number: WER 69122€105.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: John CageInterpreter: Sabine LiebnerMedia Type: MP3 downloadProduct number: WER 73262 Q51412€1.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: John CageArranger: Stefano ScodanibbioInterpreter: Fausto Bongelli | Dario Calderone | Aldo Campagnari | Giorgio Casati | Giovanni Damiani | Fabrizio Ottaviucci | Stefano Scodanibbio | Mike Svoboda | Manuel ZurriaOrchestra/ensemble: Nextime EnsembleConductor: Stefano ScodanibbioMedia Type: CDProduct number: WER 67132€18.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Earle Brown's Contemporary Sound SeriesComposer: AMM | John Cage | Henry Cowell | Lou Harrison | Mauricio Kagel | MEV - Musica Elettronica Viva | Amadeo Roldán | William Russell | Karlheinz StockhausenEditor: Earle BrownInterpreter: Alan Bryant | John Cage | Cornelius Cardew | Christoph Caskel | Alvin Curran | Lou Gare | Christopher Hobbs | Aloys Kontarsky | Bernhard Kontarsky | Eddie Prévost | Keith Rowe | Frederic Rzewski | Richard Teitelbaum | David Tudor | Ivan VandorConductor: John Cage | Paul PriceMedia Type: 3 CDsProduct number: WER 69282€36.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping