جان کیج

Also known as John Milton Cage Jr., John Milton Cage, Jr., John Milton, Jr. Cage, J. C.

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John Milton Cage was an American composer, writer, poet, and university teacher. He was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1912 and died in New York City in 1992 from a stroke. Cage studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles High School. His teachers included Fannie Charles Dillon, Arnold Schoenberg, Henry Cowell, and Adolph Weiss. He was employed by Wesleyan University and Black Mountain College.

His notable works include 4′33″, Sonatas and Interludes, and ORGAN²/ASLSP. He is associated with genres such as aleatoric music, opera, classical music, and electronic music. His movements include Fluxus and 20th-century classical music. He received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, and was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the International Society for Contemporary Music.

Cage’s lifestyle involved mysticism. He was the unmarried partner of Merce Cunningham and was married to Xenia Cage. His works are described by sources such as UbuWeb. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1912
Died: 1993
Works: 160

Top works

A year from Monday
Silence
Empty Words
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John Cage

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Los Angeles, California, USA

John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, artist, and philosopher. 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.

Known for

Nova '78 — Self (archive footage)2025
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV — Self (archive footage)2023
Take the Cage Train – Boletus Edulis2023
Twinkle Dammit!2020
Symphony Of The Invisible — Self (voice)2020
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound — Self (archive footage)2019
Everybody's Cage — John Cage2015
John Cage: Journeys in Sound — Himself2012
How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage) — himself2012
Cursive II2006

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 322,830
Total plays: 3,492,270

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Milton
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Los Angeles
Place of death: New York City
Spouse: Xenia Cage
Occupation: musician
Educated at: Los Angeles High School
Employer: Black Mountain College
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Zen
Notable work: ORGAN²/ASLSP
Participant in: documenta 8
Student of: Richard Buhlig
Field of work: mycology
Genre: 20th-century classical music
Movement: 20th-century classical music
Instrument: piano
Record label: ECM Records
Official website: johncage.org
Image: Opdracht GPD componist John Cage , kop, Bestanddeelnr 934-2728.jpg
Work location: New York City
Political ideology: anarchism

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Commons category: John Cage
date of birth: 1912-10-05
date of death: 1992-08-02
unmarried partner: Merce Cunningham
member of: International Society for Contemporary Music
lifestyle: mysticism
name in native language: John Cage
topic's main category: Category:John Cage
cause of death: stroke
student: Geeta Sarabhai
has works in the collection: J. Paul Getty Museum
sexual orientation: non-heterosexuality
archives at: University of California, Santa Cruz
different from: Johnny Cage
start of work period: 1938-00-00
related category: Category:Compositions by John Cage
manner of death: natural causes
medical condition: arthritis
P8168: Gilette
end of work period: 1992-01-01
pseudonym: Cage, Jr., John Milton
P12674: Giungano

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Works in European collections

18 objects attributed to جان کیج, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

El tramposo don Fausto [Manuscrito] :]comedia en dos actos y en verso. Emp.: Me opongo, como tutor (p. 5)... Fin.: que te pagará mi alma (p. 99)

¡Viva! ¡Viva! [Manuscript]:] comic toy in two acts. Emp.: Make the horses drink (h. 3)... End.: Long live! (h. 75v)

Grandes cuestiones que se han de ventilar con preferencia en las próximas Cortes

Nuevo catecismo político arreglado a la constitución de la monarquía española para ilustración del pueblo, instrucción de la juventud y uso de las escuelas de primeras letras

Kammerballett

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