Imaginary Landscape No. 4
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Imaginary Landscape No. 4 is an experimental 1951 composition by John Cage for 12 radios and 24 performers that explores chance operations and indeterminacy in music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imaginary Landscape No. 4 canonical | 5 |
| Imaginary Landscape | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5275515 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Imaginary Landscape No. 4 Context triple: [John Cage, notableWork, Imaginary Landscape No. 4]
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A.
Suprematist Composition
Suprematist Composition is an abstract geometric painting by Kazimir Malevich that exemplifies the radical non-objective style of the Suprematism movement.
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B.
Café Terrace at Night
Café Terrace at Night is a famous 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a brightly lit outdoor café scene under a starry night sky in Arles, France.
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C.
The Large Glass
The Large Glass is a famous avant-garde artwork by Marcel Duchamp, formally titled "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even," known for its complex symbolism and use of glass as a primary medium.
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D.
The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
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E.
Light and Space
Light and Space is a West Coast art movement, emerging in the 1960s in Southern California, that focuses on perceptual experience through the use of light, color, and industrial materials.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Imaginary Landscape No. 4 Target entity description: Imaginary Landscape No. 4 is an experimental 1951 composition by John Cage for 12 radios and 24 performers that explores chance operations and indeterminacy in music.
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A.
Suprematist Composition
Suprematist Composition is an abstract geometric painting by Kazimir Malevich that exemplifies the radical non-objective style of the Suprematism movement.
-
B.
Café Terrace at Night
Café Terrace at Night is a famous 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a brightly lit outdoor café scene under a starry night sky in Arles, France.
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C.
The Large Glass
The Large Glass is a famous avant-garde artwork by Marcel Duchamp, formally titled "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even," known for its complex symbolism and use of glass as a primary medium.
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D.
The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
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E.
Light and Space
Light and Space is a West Coast art movement, emerging in the 1960s in Southern California, that focuses on perceptual experience through the use of light, color, and industrial materials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aleatoric music
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experimental music composition ⓘ musical composition ⓘ work of John Cage ⓘ |
| composer | John Cage ⓘ |
| compositionYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | John Cage ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
aleatoric procedures
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chance operations ⓘ indeterminacy in music ⓘ |
| firstPerformedIn |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
avant-garde music
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electroacoustic music ⓘ experimental music ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
experimental radio art
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indeterminate music tradition ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Imaginary Landscape No. 4 ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
separation of composition and sound result
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use of everyday technology as instrument ⓘ |
| language | none ⓘ |
| movement | American avant-garde ⓘ |
| notableFor |
chance-based performance instructions
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indeterminate sonic result ⓘ use of live radio as sound source ⓘ |
| numberOfPerformers | 24 ⓘ |
| numberOfRadios | 12 ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century classical music repertoire ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Imaginary Landscape
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linked to:
Imaginary Landscape No. 4
|
| performanceVariable |
radio station selection
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timing of changes ⓘ tuning ⓘ volume settings ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer |
4′33″
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Imaginary Landscape No. 1 ⓘ Imaginary Landscape No. 2 ⓘ Imaginary Landscape No. 3 ⓘ Imaginary Landscape No. 5 ⓘ Music of Changes ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
12 radios
ⓘ
24 performers ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 4 ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
live performance
ⓘ
radio ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Imaginary Landscape No. 4 Description of subject: Imaginary Landscape No. 4 is an experimental 1951 composition by John Cage for 12 radios and 24 performers that explores chance operations and indeterminacy in music.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.