John Cage

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Composer
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Fluxus
Avant-garde music
Experimental theater
Sound art
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:National_Medal_of_Arts
Guggenheim Fellowship
gptkbp:born September 5, 1912
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Merce_Cunningham
gptkb:David_Tudor
gptkb:Robert_Rauschenberg
gptkbp:died August 12, 1992
gptkbp:explores Zen Buddhism
Indeterminacy
Non-standard notation
Philosophy of silence
gptkbp:founded gptkb:New_York_School_of_composers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Cage
gptkbp:influenced Minimalism
Postmodern music
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Arnold_Schoenberg
gptkb:Erik_Satie
gptkb:Henry_Cowell
gptkbp:inspiration Contemporary art
Performance art
Sound installation
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy Cubism
Surrealism
Dadaism
Futurism
gptkbp:isKnownFor Philosophical writings on music
Use of everyday sounds
Conceptual art in music
Innovative use of silence
Non-traditional use of instruments
gptkbp:knownFor Experimental music
Chance music
Prepared piano
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:taught gptkb:Mills_College
gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkb:Black_Mountain_College
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Sonatas_and_Interludes
4'33"
Variations I
Music of Changes
Imaginary Landscape No. 1