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John Cage (I) (1912–1992)

Composer | Soundtrack | Actor

Innovative Composer and pianist, educated at Pomona College, he studied music with Fannie Dillon, Ruhan Buhlig, Lazare Levy, Henry Cowell, Adolph Weiss, Arnold Schönberg, and Edgard Varèse. He invented the concept of the "prepared" piano, and gave recitals in Europe and the United States. He joined ASCAP in 1955. See full bio »

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in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:

(age 79) in New York City, New York, USA
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2012 John Cage's Musicircus (documentary short)
 
2010 Novembre (documentary)
 
2002 Um Filme Sem História (short)
 
1995 John Cage: From Zero
 
1993 The Revenge of the Dead Indians (documentary)
 
1971 End of the Art World (documentary short)
 
1950 Works of Calder
 
1948 Horror Dream (short)
 
1947 Dreams That Money Can Buy (segment "Discs")
 
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2010 Harald Schmidt (TV series)
– Episode #5.10 (2010) (writer: "4'33''Four Minutes, Thirty-Three Seconds")
 
2010 Shutter Island (writer: "MUSIC FOR MARCEL DUCHAMP" 1947, "ROOT OF AN UNFOCUS" 1944)
 
2005 You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story (documentary) ("Six Short Inventions for Seven Instruments" 1934)
 
2002 How to Draw a Bunny (documentary) (writer: "Sonata XIII")
 
1998 Modulations (documentary) (writer: "Imaginary Landscape No. 1", "Music Circus")
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1977 A Rose: That's What Life Is All About
Schachspieler (Chess Player)
 
1973 Global Groove (video short)
 
1944 At Land (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1992 Film über Nichts (text score Lecture on Nothing)
 
1992 One 11 and 103
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1937 An Optical Poem (short) (unspecified assistant - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (21 titles)
2006 A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki (documentary)
 
2005 Tentatives de se décrire (documentary)
 
1989-2001 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Composer
– Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance (2001) … Himself
– John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It (1990) … Himself - Composer
– Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint (1989) … Himself
 
1998 Sonic Acts: From Stockhausen to Squarepusher (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 John Cage: From Zero
Himself
 
1992 Opus 20 Modern Masterworks: John Cage (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 22708 Types (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Écoute (video documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Cage/Cunningham (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1991 Peefeeyatko (documentary)
Himself
 
1990 John Cage: Man and Myth (video documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Mr. Hoover and I (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Poem: City (documentary short)
Himself
 
1983 Seven Portraits (short)
Himself
 
1983 Sometimes It Works, Sometimes It Doesn't (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Four American Composers (TV documentary)
 
1982 Poetry in Motion (documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective (documentary)
Himself
 
1972 American Art in the 1960s (documentary)
Himself
 
1966 John Cage (documentary)
Himself
 
1966 Sound?? (TV movie)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2009 Ànima (TV series)
 
1999 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

CD: "Variations IV (Live at the Fegen/Palmer Gallery in L.A., August 1965)" (ZZB) See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Biographical Movies  | 2 Articles  | See more »
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I do the cooking, and Merce does the dishes. [in 1989, when asked publicly for the first time about the "nature of his relationship" with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also his frequent professional collaborator. See more »

Trivia:

His most (in)famous composition was 4' 33", consisting of musicans seated in front of their instruments without touching them for three movements, totaling four minutes and thirty three seconds. The sheet music simply reads "TACIT" (silent) for each movement. See more »

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