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John Cage (05 Sep 1912 - 12 Aug 1992)

Male Person - United States American composer

 Also known as (1)

Releases (53)

Official

Album - Live

  1. The 25-Year Retrospective Concert of the Music of John Cage 1959
  2. Sonata XIII / Music for Marcel Duchamp / Song Books I–II / Empty Words III 1976
  3. Empty Words, Parte III 1990
  4. Variations IV 2001
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Album

  1. John Cage 1974
  2. Cheap Imitation 1977
  3. Etudes Boreales / Ryoanji 1985
  4. Thirty Pieces for Five Orchestras / Music for Piano 1987
  5. Roaratorio 1992
  6. Music for ... 1993
  7. Winter Music 1993
  8. Roaratorio 1994
  9. Sixty-Eight / Quartets I-VIII 1995
  10. Thirteen Harmonies 1995
  11. Works for Prepared Piano 01 Nov 1998
  12. ONEviolin 1998
  13. Thirteen Harmonies 1998
  14. Three² / Twenty-Three / Six / Twenty-Six 1999
  15. The Seasons 27 Mar 2000
  16. Bird Cage 2000
  17. Sonatas and Interludes 01 Jul 2001
  18. One⁷ [from One¹³] / One⁸ 2001
  19. Four⁴ 2001
  20. ジョン・ケージ：鍵盤楽器のための音楽 1935-1948 07 Aug 2002 (as ジョン・ケージ)
  21. One⁴ / Four / Twenty-Nine 2002
  22. Two³ / Inlets / Two⁴ 2004
  23. Aki Takahashi plays John Cage - Four Walls 2004
  24. Music for Trombone 22 May 2006
  25. Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music Feb 2007
  26. Music For Piano 1-84 15 May 2007
  27. Early Music 2007
  28. Three / Twenty-Eight / Fifty-Four / Fifty-Seven 2007
  29. Sculptures Musicales / Fifty-Five / Eight-Three / Eighty 2008
  30. In Norway 25 Feb 2010
  31. 108 / 109 / 110 2010
  32. John Cage Shock, Volume 1 11 Sep 2012
  33. John Cage Shock, Volume 2 11 Sep 2012
  34. John Cage Shock, Volume 3 11 Sep 2012
  35. Cartridge Music Mar 2013
  36. Early Electronic and Tape Music 17 Feb 2014
  37. Klang der Wandlungen 20 Oct 2017
  38. Number Pieces 13 Aug 2021
  39. John Cage #4
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Album - Compilation

  1. Works for Piano & Prepared Piano (1943-1952) 1986
  2. Fontana Mix 16 Aug 2010
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Album - Spokenword

  1. Art Is Either a Complaint or Do Something Else 1990
  2. Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) 1992
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Bootleg

Album

  1. AGP018 - John Cage
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Other - Live

  1. 1975-06-21: Stuttgart, Germany
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Relationships (5)

Teachers

  1. George Frederick McKay
  2. Lazare Lévy piano
  3. 一柳慧

Married

  1. Xenia Cage (1935 - 1945)

Romantically Involved With

  1. Merce Cunningham

Recordings by (238)

  1. Williams Mix 5:51 (1959) live, 1958-05-15: The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA, mono
  2. Fontana Mix 11:41 (1967)
  3. Excerpt From Silence 1:55 (1974)
  4. Song, Derived from the Journal of Henry David Thoreau 6:30 (1976)
  5. Cheap Imitation: Band 1 7:18 (1977)
  6. Cheap Imitation: Band 2 8:31 (1977)
  7. Cheap Imitation: Solid Band 20:32 (1977)
  8. Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegan's Wake 14:10 (1979)
  9. 5 Stories in the Style of Indeterminacy 5:54 (1980)
  10. Empty Words, Parte III: Parte 1 1:14:44 (1990)
  11. Empty Words, Parte III: Parte 2 1:14:18 (1990)
  12. Art Is Either a Complaint or Do Something Else, Part 1 25:09 (1990)
  13. Art Is Either a Complaint or Do Something Else, Part 2 23:03 (1990)
  14. Questions and Answers ?:?? (1990)
  15. Questions and Answers (continued) ?:?? (1990)
  16. Reading Mesostic IV ?:?? (1990)
  17. Reading Mesostic IV (continued) ?:?? (1990)
  18. Lullaby 3:00 (1991)
  19. Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake: Part One (to Line 22) 27:18 (1992)
  20. Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake: Part Two (to Line 406) 16:12 (1992)
  21. Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake: Part Three (to Line 594) 13:13 (1992)
  22. Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake: Part Four (to End) 2:56 (1992)
  23. Diary: Part 2 46:03 (1992)
  24. Diary: Part 3 43:33 (1992)
  25. Diary: Part 6 36:54 (1992)
  26. Diary: Part 7 45:33 (1992)
  27. Diary: Part 5 44:17 (1992)
  28. Diary: Part 8 38:16 (1992)
  29. Diary: Part 4 39:55 (1992)
  30. Diary: Part 1 49:11 (1992)
  31. Excerpt #1 0:17 (1993)
  32. Excerpt #2 0:56 (1993)
  33. Excerpt #3 0:39 (1993)
  34. Excerpt #4 0:31 (1993)
  35. Excerpt #5 0:31 (1993)
  36. Excerpt #6 0:25 (1993)
  37. Excerpt #7 0:56 (1993)
  38. Excerpt #8 0:21 (1993)
  39. Excerpt #9 0:14 (1993)
  40. Excerpt #10 0:39 (1993)
  41. Excerpt #11 0:23 (1993)
  42. John Cage Speaks About 101 1:00 (1994)
  43. Composition in Retrospect - Lecture by John Cage 23:10 (18 Aug 1998)
  44. Excerpt From Voiceless Essay 3:44 (1999)
  45. Piano Piece I 2:41 (1999)
  46. Music for Piano 6:14 (1999)
  47. Piano Piece II 2:18 (1999)
  48. Muoyce 2:10 (1999)
  49. Roaratorio 2:48 (1999)
  50. Imaginary Landscape no. 1 8:21 (18 Jan 2000)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Sculpture Musicale. Mesostic by John Cage 4:06 Marcel Duchamp (1991)

Instruments

  1. Imaginary Landscape no. 1 9:04 John Cage, Xenia Cage, Doris Dennison, Margaret Jansen (1959) percussion
  2. She Is Asleep: B. Duo 8:09 Arline Carmen, John Cage (1959) piano
  3. The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs 2:33 Arline Carmen, John Cage (1959) piano
  4. Aria With Fontana Mix 9:59 Cathy Berberian, John Cage (1961) tape
  5. Fontana Mix 11:41 John Cage (1967) tape
  6. Cartridge Music (excerpt) ?:?? John Cage, David Tudor (1968) electronic instruments
  7. Cheap Imitation: Solid Band 20:32 John Cage (1977) piano
  8. Cheap Imitation: Band 1 7:18 John Cage (1977) piano
  9. Cheap Imitation: Band 2 8:31 John Cage (1977) piano

Vocals

  1. Conversations with John Cage, Christian Wolff, Hans G Helms ?:?? John Cage, Hans G. Helms, Christian Wolff (1972) spoken vocals
  2. Excerpt From Silence 1:55 John Cage (1974) spoken vocals
  3. Song, Derived from the Journal of Henry David Thoreau 6:30 John Cage (1976) spoken vocals
  4. Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegan's Wake 14:10 John Cage (1979)
  5. 5 Stories in the Style of Indeterminacy 5:54 John Cage (1980) spoken vocals
  6. [untitled] 21:23 John Cage & Sun Ra (1987)
  7. Reading Mesostic IV (continued) ?:?? John Cage (1990) spoken vocals
  8. Questions and Answers (continued) ?:?? John Cage (1990) spoken vocals
  9. Empty Words, Parte III: Parte 2 1:14:18 John Cage (1990)
  10. Art Is Either a Complaint or Do Something Else, Part 1 25:09 John Cage (1990) spoken vocals
  11. Art Is Either a Complaint or Do Something Else, Part 2 23:03 John Cage (1990) spoken vocals
  12. Questions and Answers ?:?? John Cage (1990) spoken vocals
  13. Reading Mesostic IV ?:?? John Cage (1990) spoken vocals
  14. Empty Words, Parte III: Parte 1 1:14:44 John Cage (1990)
  15. Sculpture Musicale. Mesostic by John Cage 4:06 Marcel Duchamp (1991) spoken vocals
  16. Laughtears 16:12 John Cage, Klaus Schöning (1992) spoken vocals
  17. Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake: Part Three (to Line 594) 14:17 John Cage, Joe Heaney, Séamus Ennis, Paddy Glackin, Mel Mercier, Peadar Mercier, Matt Molloy (1992) spoken vocals
  18. Diary: Part 1 49:11 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  19. Diary: Part 3 43:33 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  20. Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake: Part Two (to Line 406) 16:12 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  21. Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake: Part Three (to Line 594) 13:13 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  22. Diary: Part 8 38:16 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  23. Laughtears (conclusion) 14:43 John Cage, Klaus Schöning (1992) spoken vocals
  24. Indeterminacy: New Aspect of Form in Instrumental and Electronic Music, Part 1 23:02 John Cage, David Tudor (1992) spoken vocals
  25. Diary: Part 7 45:33 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  26. Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake: Part One (to Line 220) 26:46 John Cage, Joe Heaney, Séamus Ennis, Paddy Glackin, Mel Mercier, Peadar Mercier, Matt Molloy (1992) spoken vocals
  27. Indeterminacy: New Aspect of Form in Instrumental and Electronic Music, Part 4 22:01 John Cage, David Tudor (1992) spoken vocals
  28. Indeterminacy: New Aspect of Form in Instrumental and Electronic Music, Part 3 22:14 John Cage, David Tudor (1992) spoken vocals
  29. Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake: Part Two (to Line 406) 16:14 John Cage, Joe Heaney, Séamus Ennis, Paddy Glackin, Mel Mercier, Peadar Mercier, Matt Molloy (1992) spoken vocals
  30. Diary: Part 2 46:03 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  31. Diary: Part 6 36:54 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  32. Diary: Part 4 39:55 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  33. Indeterminacy: New Aspect of Form in Instrumental and Electronic Music, Part 2 23:05 John Cage, David Tudor (1992) spoken vocals
  34. Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake: Part Four (to End) 3:13 John Cage, Joe Heaney, Séamus Ennis, Paddy Glackin, Mel Mercier, Peadar Mercier, Matt Molloy (1992) spoken vocals
  35. Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake: Part Four (to End) 2:56 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  36. Diary: Part 5 44:17 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  37. Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake: Part One (to Line 22) 27:18 John Cage (1992) spoken vocals
  38. Excerpt #2 0:56 John Cage (1993) spoken vocals
  39. Excerpt #11 0:23 John Cage (1993) spoken vocals
  40. Excerpt #1 0:17 John Cage (1993) spoken vocals

Credited as (254)

  1. John Cage
  2. John Cage & Lou Harrison
  3. John Cage & Sun Ra
  4. John Cage & Lejaren Arthur Hiller
  5. David Tudor & John Cage
  6. ジョン・ケージ
  7. John Cage, Gordon Mumma, David Tudor
  8. John Cage; Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, Terry Riley
  9. Philip Glass, John Cage; Bruce Brubaker
  10. John Cage; Ensemble Avantgarde, Salome Kammer, Leipziger Streichquartett
  11. Cage, Pärt, Scelsi; Christoph Maria Moosmann
  12. John Cage; Steffen Schleiermacher
  13. John Cage; Sabine Liebner
  14. Lutosławski, Penderecki, Cage, Mayuzumi; Lasalle Quartet
  15. John Cage; Floraleda Sacchi
  16. John Cage; Boris Berman
  17. John Cage; Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier
  18. John Cage / David Tudor
  19. John Cage; Jay Gottlieb
  20. John Cage; Irvine Arditti, The Arditti Quartet
  21. John Cage; Cédric Pescia
  22. John Cage; Yuji Takahashi
  23. John Cage; Claudio Crismani
  24. John Cage; Irvine Arditti, Mayumi Miyata, Stephen Drury
  25. John Cage; Ensemble Modern, Ingo Metzmacher
  26. John Cage; Maro Ajemian
  27. Lou Harrison, John Cage; California Symphony, Barry Jekowsky, Al Jarreau
  28. Lou Harrison, John Cage
  29. John Cage/Mauricio Kagel
  30. John Cage/David Tudor
  31. John Cage; Giancarlo Simonacci
  32. John Cage; Friedrich Gauwerky
  33. John Cage, Lou Harrison, Lamonte Young, Harry Partch; John Schneider, Amy Shulman
  34. John Cage, Sofia Gubaidulina; Julius Berger
  35. John Cage; The Arditti Quartet, Monique Buzzarté
  36. John Cage; Ives Ensemble
  37. John Cage; Herbert Henck
  38. John Cage; Josef Christof, Steffen Schleiermacher
  39. John Cage; Mike Svoboda, Steffen Schleiermacher
  40. John Cage; Philipp Vandré
  41. John Cage; Irvine Arditti
  42. John Cage, Meredith Monk; Anthony de Mare
  43. Jan Steele, John Cage
  44. John Cage & Lejaren Hiller, Ben Johnston
  45. John Cage; David Tudor
  46. John Cage; Joseph Kubera
  47. John Cage; The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, Petr Kotik, Joseph Kubera
  48. John Cage; Irvine Arditti, Stefan Hussong
  49. John Cage; Annelie Gahl, Klaus Lang
  50. John Cage, Herbert Henck; Herbert Henck
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Works (922)

Composed

  1. Three Songs: No. 2. If it was to be (1932 - 1933)
  2. Three Songs: No. 1. Twenty years after (1932 - 1933)
  3. Three Songs (1932 - 1933)
  4. Three Songs: No. 3. At East and ingredients (1932 - 1933)
  5. Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of Two Voices in Canon, and Six Short Inventions on the Subjects of the Solo: Invention no. 5 (1933 - 1934)
  6. Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of Two Voices in Canon, and Six Short Inventions on the Subjects of the Solo: Invention no. 6 (1933 - 1934)
  7. Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of Two Voices in Canon, and Six Short Inventions on the Subjects of the Solo: Invention no. 2 (1933 - 1934)
  8. Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of Two Voices in Canon, and Six Short Inventions on the Subjects of the Solo (1933 - 1934)
  9. Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of Two Voices in Canon, and Six Short Inventions on the Subjects of the Solo: Grave adagio (1933 - 1934)
  10. Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of Two Voices in Canon, and Six Short Inventions on the Subjects of the Solo: Invention no. 1 (1933 - 1934)
  11. Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of Two Voices in Canon, and Six Short Inventions on the Subjects of the Solo: Invention no. 3 (1933 - 1934)
  12. Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of Two Voices in Canon, and Six Short Inventions on the Subjects of the Solo: Invention no. 4 (1933 - 1934)
  13. Sonata for Clarinet (1933)
  14. Sonata for Two Voices (1933)
  15. Three Easy Pieces (1933)
  16. Three Easy Pieces: Round (For E.P.S.) (1933)
  17. Three Easy Pieces: Duo (For M.M.) (1933)
  18. Three Easy Pieces: Infinite Canon (For C.M.) (1933)
  19. Six Short Inventions (1934)
  20. Two Pieces for Piano (1935)
  21. Two Pieces for Piano: I. Slowly (1935)
  22. Quartet: IV. Fast (1935)
  23. Quartet: III. Axial Asymmetry - Slow (1935)
  24. Quartet: II. Very Slow (1935)
  25. Quartet: I. Moderato (1935)
  26. Quartet (1935)
  27. Two Pieces for Piano: II. Quite Fast (1935)
  28. Quest (1935)
  29. Trio: I. Allegro (1936)
  30. Trio: II. March (1936)
  31. Trio: III. Waltz (1936)
  32. Trio (1936)
  33. Music for Wind Instruments: III. Quintet (1938)
  34. Music for Wind Instruments: II. Duo (1938)
  35. Music for Wind Instruments: I. Trio (1938)
  36. Music for Wind Instruments (1938)
  37. 5 Songs for Contralto (1938)
  38. 5 Songs for Contralto: No. 1. Little Four Paws (1938)
  39. 5 Songs for Contralto: No. 2. Little Christmas Tree (1938)
  40. 5 Songs for Contralto: No. 3. In Just-Spring (1938)
  41. 5 Songs for Contralto: No. 4. Hist Whist (1938)
  42. 5 Songs for Contralto: No. 5. Another Comes (1938)
  43. Metamorphosis: III (1938)
  44. Metamorphosis: IV (1938)
  45. Metamorphosis: V (1938)
  46. Metamorphosis (1938)
  47. Metamorphosis: I (1938)
  48. Metamorphosis: II (1938)
  49. Bacchanale (1938 - 1940)
  50. First Construction (In Metal) (1939)
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Events (1)

Tribute Events

  1. Organ²/ASLSP

Links (26)

Official Homepages

  1. http://johncage.org/

Other Databases

  1. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w60h486h
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/john_cage
  3. http://musicmoz.org/Composition/Composers/C/Cage,_John/
  4. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5681080A
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138920636
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118518291
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50032828
  8. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-967940
  9. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=502372
  10. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50032828

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/John-cage

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/42481

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/26955

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000183867

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128509/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/71577292

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180727

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/8667
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Z3fF5lZdCM0ZHugkGoH8s

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/3753327

Biographies

  1. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/education/cage.html

Fan Pages

  1. http://www.johncage.info/

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/76325a9d-6c25-4649-96b1-84e9b99d6b4b

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.johncage.info/cdlabels/discographylist2.html
  2. http://www.johncage.info/index1.html