Cage, John
Overview
| Works: | 6,501 works in 15,771 publications in 9 languages and 157,518 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Criticism, interpretation, etc Music Poetry Interviews Biography Experimental films Discographies Bibliography Manuscripts Records and correspondence |
| Roles: | Author, Composer, Performer, Narrator, Actor, Conductor, Speaker, Singer, Instrumentalist, Interviewee, Musician, Illustrator, Arranger, Dedicatee, Artist, Honoree, Creator, Conceptor, Contributor, Other, zxx, Adapter, Editor, Engraver, Collector, Bibliographic antecedent, Author of introduction, Designer, Photographer, Lyricist, Recipient, Director, pan, Film editor |
| Classifications: | ML410.C24, 811.508 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
John Cage
- Musicage : Cage muses on words, art, music by John Cage( )
- Silencing the sounded self : John Cage and the American experimental tradition by Christopher Shultis( )
- Conversing with Cage by Richard Kostelanetz( )
- Writings through John Cage's music, poetry, and art by Christopher Hatch( )
- M : writings '67-'72 by John Cage( )
- Experimental music : Cage and beyond by Michael Nyman( Book )
- Begin again : a biography of John Cage by Kenneth Silverman( Book )
- Chance and circumstance : twenty years with Cage and Cunningham by Carolyn Brown( Book )
- The Cambridge companion to John Cage by David Nicholls( Book )
- The roaring silence : John Cage, a life by David Revill( Book )
- The bride & the bachelors; the heretical courtship in modern art by Calvin Tomkins( Book )
- Where the heart beats : John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the inner life of artists by Kay Larson( Book )
- The selected letters of John Cage by John Cage( )
- John Cage : composed in America( Book )
- Notations by John Cage( Book )
- The bride and the bachelors : five masters of the avant garde by Calvin Tomkins( Book )
- The music of John Cage by James Pritchett( Book )
- John Cage and Buddhist ecopoetics by Peter Jaeger( )
- American pioneers : Ives to Cage and beyond by Alan Rich( Book )
- Cage by Paul Griffiths( Book )
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Most widely held works by
John Cage
Silence : lectures and writings by
John Cage(
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156 editions published between 1939 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 3,538 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Silence, John Cage's first book and epic masterpiece, was published in October 1961. In these lectures, scores, and writings, Cage tries, as he says, to find a way of writing that comes from ideas, is not about them, but that produces them. Often these writings include mesostics and essays created by subjecting the work of other writers to chance procedures using the I Ching. Fifty years later comes a beautiful new edition with a foreword by eminent music critic Kyle Gann. A landmark book in American arts and culture, Silence has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold over half a million copies worldwide. -- Book jacket
156 editions published between 1939 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 3,538 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Silence, John Cage's first book and epic masterpiece, was published in October 1961. In these lectures, scores, and writings, Cage tries, as he says, to find a way of writing that comes from ideas, is not about them, but that produces them. Often these writings include mesostics and essays created by subjecting the work of other writers to chance procedures using the I Ching. Fifty years later comes a beautiful new edition with a foreword by eminent music critic Kyle Gann. A landmark book in American arts and culture, Silence has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold over half a million copies worldwide. -- Book jacket
American poetry : the twentieth century(
Book
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 2,355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains over 1500 poems by more than 200 well-known American poets, including Langston Hughes, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 2,355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains over 1500 poems by more than 200 well-known American poets, including Langston Hughes, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens
Sonatas and interludes for prepared piano by
John Cage(
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137 editions published between 1951 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 2,320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
TILBURY, John (prepared piano)
137 editions published between 1951 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 2,320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
TILBURY, John (prepared piano)
A year from Monday : new lectures and writings by
John Cage(
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54 editions published between 1967 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,078 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lectures, essays, diaries and other writings
54 editions published between 1967 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,078 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lectures, essays, diaries and other writings
X : writings '79-'82 by
John Cage(
)
25 editions published between 1982 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,659 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Annotation
25 editions published between 1982 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,659 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Annotation
Empty words : writings '73-'78 by
John Cage(
)
30 editions published between 1977 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,575 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Writings through James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, Norman O. Brown, and "The Future of Music."
30 editions published between 1977 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,575 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Writings through James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, Norman O. Brown, and "The Future of Music."
Anarchy by
John Cage(
)
6 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 1,348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
""That government governs best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have." This quote from Henry David Thoreau's Essay on Civil Disobedience is one of thirty quotations from which John Cage created Anarchy, a book-length lecture comprising twenty mesostic poems. Composed with the aid of a computer program to simulate the coin toss of the I Ching, Anarchy draws on the writings of many serious anarchists including Emma Goldman, Peter Kropotkin, and Mario Malatesta, not so much making arguments for anarchism as "brushing information against information," giving the very words new combinations that de-familiarize and re-energize them. Now widely available for the first time, Anarchy marks the culmination of Cage's work as a poet, composer and as a thinker about contemporary society."--Jacket
6 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 1,348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
""That government governs best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have." This quote from Henry David Thoreau's Essay on Civil Disobedience is one of thirty quotations from which John Cage created Anarchy, a book-length lecture comprising twenty mesostic poems. Composed with the aid of a computer program to simulate the coin toss of the I Ching, Anarchy draws on the writings of many serious anarchists including Emma Goldman, Peter Kropotkin, and Mario Malatesta, not so much making arguments for anarchism as "brushing information against information," giving the very words new combinations that de-familiarize and re-energize them. Now widely available for the first time, Anarchy marks the culmination of Cage's work as a poet, composer and as a thinker about contemporary society."--Jacket
John Cage by
Richard Kostelanetz(
Book
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15 editions published between 1970 and 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,089 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
15 editions published between 1970 and 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,089 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sonatas & interludes by
John Cage(
)
63 editions published between 1009 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 954 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
63 editions published between 1009 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 954 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Virgil Thomson : his life and music by
Kathleen O'Donnell Hoover(
Book
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16 editions published between 1959 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 868 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
16 editions published between 1959 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 868 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Silence : Lectures and writings, 50th anniversary edition by
John Cage(
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4 editions published between 2011 and 2013 in English and held by 771 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Special edition of the book that revolutionized our understanding of how we make and experience art
4 editions published between 2011 and 2013 in English and held by 771 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Special edition of the book that revolutionized our understanding of how we make and experience art
Music for prepared piano by
John Cage(
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21 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 741 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
21 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 741 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
I-VI by
John Cage(
Book
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22 editions published between 1990 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Features Cage reading a mesostic (a literary form generated by chance operations) to allow the listener to experience it as delivered; also features a selection from the question-and-answer seminars that conveys the lively flavor of the event
22 editions published between 1990 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Features Cage reading a mesostic (a literary form generated by chance operations) to allow the listener to experience it as delivered; also features a selection from the question-and-answer seminars that conveys the lively flavor of the event
Liberations; new essays on the humanities in revolution by
Ihab Hassan(
Book
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12 editions published between 1971 and 1972 in English and held by 720 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The authors of these essays were associated with the Wesleyan Center for the Humanities to search a central theme: the Humanities in Revolution. True liberations engage some deep energy, quiddity, or humor of life, and this is what the present authors attempt to engage. A post-humanism is in the making. The authors do not summon from the future a complete shape. They speak deeply of certain issues and concerns. More, they qualify, challenge, and instigate. (Author/CK)
12 editions published between 1971 and 1972 in English and held by 720 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The authors of these essays were associated with the Wesleyan Center for the Humanities to search a central theme: the Humanities in Revolution. True liberations engage some deep energy, quiddity, or humor of life, and this is what the present authors attempt to engage. A post-humanism is in the making. The authors do not summon from the future a complete shape. They speak deeply of certain issues and concerns. More, they qualify, challenge, and instigate. (Author/CK)
Cage Cunningham by
Elliot Caplan(
Visual
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22 editions published between 1991 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 682 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Combines archival material and eight years of world tour footage to document the 50 year collaboration between composer John Cage and dancer/choreographer Merce Cunningham
22 editions published between 1991 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 682 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Combines archival material and eight years of world tour footage to document the 50 year collaboration between composer John Cage and dancer/choreographer Merce Cunningham
The 25-year retrospective concert of the music of John Cage by
John Cage(
Recording
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31 editions published between 1958 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 652 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recorded at Town Hall, New York City, May 15, 1958
31 editions published between 1958 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 652 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recorded at Town Hall, New York City, May 15, 1958
Maya Deren : experimental films by
Maya Deren(
Visual
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5 editions published between 1943 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 608 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 short films by surrealist Russian-American filmmaker Maya Deren, the "Mother of the trance film", that evoke and exemplify the American avant-garde film movement of the 1940s and 1950s, studying identity, movement, and freedom
5 editions published between 1943 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 608 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 short films by surrealist Russian-American filmmaker Maya Deren, the "Mother of the trance film", that evoke and exemplify the American avant-garde film movement of the 1940s and 1950s, studying identity, movement, and freedom
Music of changes by
John Cage(
Recording
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56 editions published between 1978 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 582 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
56 editions published between 1978 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 582 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Works for percussion by
John Cage(
Recording
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30 editions published between 1991 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 568 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First Construction (in Metal) for prepared piano & percussion / Second Construction for percussion / Third Construction for percussion / Amores I-IV for prepared piano & percussion / Double Music for percussion / She Is Asleep for voice, prepared piano & percussion / Imaginary Landscape No. 2 for percussion
30 editions published between 1991 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 568 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First Construction (in Metal) for prepared piano & percussion / Second Construction for percussion / Third Construction for percussion / Amores I-IV for prepared piano & percussion / Double Music for percussion / She Is Asleep for voice, prepared piano & percussion / Imaginary Landscape No. 2 for percussion
The Boulez-Cage correspondence by
Pierre Boulez(
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20 editions published between 1990 and 1999 in English and French and held by 564 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Between May 1949 and August 1954 the composers Pierre Boulez and John Cage exchanged series of remarkable letters which reflect on their own music and the culture of the time. This correspondence, together with other relevant documents, has been edited by Jean-Jackques Nattiez and appears here for the first time completely in English."--Provided by publisher
20 editions published between 1990 and 1999 in English and French and held by 564 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Between May 1949 and August 1954 the composers Pierre Boulez and John Cage exchanged series of remarkable letters which reflect on their own music and the culture of the time. This correspondence, together with other relevant documents, has been edited by Jean-Jackques Nattiez and appears here for the first time completely in English."--Provided by publisher
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Related Identities
- Cunningham, Merce Interviewee Performer Dancer Restager Director Choreographer Speaker Author Conductor Narrator
- Tudor, David 1926-1996 Interviewee Performer Musician Transcriber Dedicatee Conductor Author Instrumentalist Composer
- Kostelanetz, Richard Other Interviewee Editor Lyricist Author of introduction Author Interviewer
- Rauschenberg, Robert 1925-2008 Set designer Interviewee Commentator Performer Artist Designer Author Costume designer Collector
- Ives, Charles 1874-1954 Author Composer
- Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company Producer Performer Artist Dancer
- Duchamp, Marcel 1887-1968 Bibliographic antecedent Other Author Interviewee
- Tan, Margaret Leng Interviewee Performer Musician Author Editor Instrumentalist
- Cunningham, J. V. (James Vincent) 1911-1985
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Aleatory music American poetry Artistic collaboration Arts Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Avant-garde (Music) Boulez, Pierre, Bride stripped bare by her bachelors, even (Duchamp, Marcel) Brown, Carolyn, Cage, John Carillon music Choreographers Composers Composition (Music) Concertos (Piano) Cowell, Henry, Cunningham, Merce Dance Dancers Deren, Maya Doppelgängers Dreams Duchamp, Marcel, Electronic music Emerson, Ralph Waldo, Ethics Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Instrumental music Ives, Charles, Martial arts Modern dance Music Musical notation Music and literature Music--Philosophy and aesthetics Percussion music Piano music Political and social views Postmodernism Prepared piano music Rauschenberg, Robert, Sonatas (Piano) Songs (Low voice) with piano Thomson, Virgil, Thoreau, Henry David, Tinguely, Jean, United States Varèse, Edgard, Vocal music Zen Buddhism--Influence
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Keidž, Džon
Keidza, Džona
Keĭdzh, Dzhon
Keĭdzh, Dzhon 1912-1992
Keidžs, Džons 1912-1992
Kejdž, Džon.
Kejdž, Džon 1912-1992
Kēji, Jon
Kēji, Jon 1912-1992
Τζων Κέιτζ Πειραματιστής συνθέτης και θεωρητικός της μουσικής, φιλόσοφος, ποιητής, εικαστικός καλλιτέχνης, χαράκτης.
Джон Кейдж
Джон Кейдж американський композитор-авангардист
Кейдж, Джон
Џон Кејџ
ג'ון קייג'
ג'ון קייג' מוזיקאי אמריקאי
جان کیج آهنگساز و نویسنده آمریکایی
جون كيج
جون كيدج
จอห์น เคจ
ჯონ ქეიჯი
존 케이지
케이지, 존 1912-1992
ケージ, ジョン
ジョン・ケージ
約翰·凱吉
約翰·凱吉 美国先锋作曲家
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