John Cage Biography

Occup.	Composer
From	USA
Born	September 5, 1912
Died	August 12, 1992
Aged	79 years

John Cage was a popular American composer, thinker, music theorist, and also efficiency musician. He was born upon September 5, 1912, in Los Angeles, California, to an innovator daddy as well as a journalist mom. Cage had one brother or sister, Jane, who was 3 years younger than him.

Cage was a curious child and also established a passion in songs at an early age. His household owned a piano, and he would certainly typically play and also trying out various audios. However, Cage's key passion at the time was painting, as well as he obtained a bachelor's level in Fine Arts from Pomona College in 1930. Hereafter, he went to Europe to study songs with Nadia Boulanger, a distinguished composer and pianist.

After returning from Europe, Cage moved to New York in 1938 and also started his job in music. He originated the use of non-traditional tools and seems in his compositions, and also his techniques were taken into consideration extreme at the time. In 1940, Cage composed a piece called "4'33"", which consisted of 4 minutes and thirty-three secs of silence. The piece was a controversial and also groundbreaking job that tested conventional notions of songs.

Cage's work continued to evolve, and also he ended up being recognized for his use of opportunity procedures in make-up. He would make use of coin tosses, I Ching prophecy, and also various other techniques to establish musical components such as pitch, rhythm, and duration. This approach resulted in some of his most well-known works, such as the "Music of Changes" collection as well as the "Concert for Piano and Orchestra".

Cage likewise had a rate of interest in Eastern philosophy as well as religion, and also this influenced his work. He was a Zen Buddhist and integrated Zen suggestions into his structures as well as efficiencies. He relied on the concept of "non-intention" in songs, which implied that the composer or performer need to not have their ego or intention existing in the job.

In addition to his music work, Cage was additionally a respected author as well as painter. He composed many essays as well as publications on songs, art, and philosophy, consisting of "Silence" as well as "A Year from Monday". He likewise produced a series of illustrations and prints that were shown throughout his life.

Cage continued to work up until his death in 1992 at the age of 79. He received many awards and honors throughout his profession, consisting of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Medal of Arts. Cage's contributions to music as well as art have actually had a substantial influence on modern-day culture, and also his ingenious and also experimental method continues to motivate artists around the globe.

Our collection contains 14 quotes who is written / told by John.

Related authors: Philo (Philosopher), Edgard Varese (Composer), Arnold Schoenberg (Composer), Yoko Ono (Artist), Robert Rauschenberg (Artist), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Nadia Boulanger (Musician)

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14 Famous quotes by John Cage

"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep"

"Ideas are one thing and what happens is another"

"We need not destroy the past. It is gone"

"We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly"

"I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry"

"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason"

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones"

"If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all"

"The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation"

"When we separate music from life we get art"

"It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture.""

"We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life"

"There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing"

"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot"