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People In Music History
Cage, John (b. 1912) American composer (also pianist and writer), pupil of
Schoenberg. Has written for ordinary instruments and for his invention, the
Prepared piano; is especially noted for "music" that seems to involve the
abdication of the composer, e.g., his Imaginary Landscape for 12 radio sets,
first performed in 1951, requiring 24 performers (2 to each set) and conductor
-- dynamics, and the ratio of sound to silence, being stipulated but the result
obviously depending on chance. Other works include Renga with
Apartment House 1776 for large orchestra (for U.S. bicentennial, 1976).