American composer (1912–1992), pioneer of the prepared piano and of chance (aleatoric) music.

Born September 5, 1912; died August 12, 1992. Inventor/promoter of the prepared piano, used chance operations (including the I Ching) in composition, and collaborated artistically with choreographer Merce Cunningham.

Reviews on DeBaser highlight Cage's role as pioneer of prepared piano and chance operations. Readers focus on 4'33", Imaginary Landscapes and Sonatas and Interludes. The overall view is appreciative and curious about his methods.

For:Listeners of experimental and contemporary classical music; students and researchers of 20th-century avant-garde.

 ...silence becomes something else... not silence at all, but sounds, environmental sounds.

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 a percussion orchestra under the command of a single performer.

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 The lesson we learn every time we encounter this Californian gentleman is that music serves to make discoveries.

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