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John Cage
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Bibliography

Biography Base: John Cage. 3 May, 2009

Compositions by John Cage. 5 May, 2009

"John Cage" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 3 May, 2009

PBS American Masters: John Cage. 5 May, 2009

"Who2 Biography: John CageAnswers.com. 5 May, 2009

IndeterminacyJohn Cage: Early Piano Music with Herbert Henck

John Cage: In a Landscape 

John Cage: Music for Prepared Piano, Vol. 2 with Boris Berman

John Cage: One11 with 103

John Cage - The Seasons / Leng Tan, Russell Davies, et al with American Composers Orch, Davies, and Margaret Leng Tan

Variations VII by John Cage: E.A.T. - 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering

Books About John Cage

The Roaring Silence: John Cage: A Life by David Revill (1993)

The Music of John Cage (Music in the Twentieth Century) by James Pritchett (1993)

John Cage: Composed in America  by Marjorie Perloff and Charles Junkermanm  (1994)

John Cage Visual Art: To Sober and Quiet the Mind by Kathan Brown (2001)

Conversing with John Cage by Richard Kostelanetz (2003)

John Cage by David Nicholls (2007)

Books By John Cage

Silence: Lectures and Writings (1961)

A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings (1968)

M: Writings, 1967-72 (1973)

Empty Words: Writings, 1973-78 (1979)

X: Writings, 1979-82 (1983)

Anarchy (1988)

Composition In Retrospect (1993)

Music & Performances by John Cage

4'33" with John Harrison, Lou Cage, Carlos Chavez, and Edgard Varese 

Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano with Boris Berman

John Cage’s “4’33”” performed by David Tudor

John Cage discusses his inspirations

John Cage on silence

One of John Cage’s earliest appearances

Other Resources

 A database of John Cage’s works

"John Cage: From Zero" (1995)