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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.'

John Cage

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Author Bio

  • NameJohn Cage
  • Descriptioninfluential American avant-garde composer
  • AliasesJohn Milton Cage Jr.
  • BornSeptember 5, 1912
  • DiedDecember 8, 1992
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionComposer; Writer; Musician; Music Theorist
  • WorksThe Perilous Night; Two²; In The Name Of The Holocaust; Bacchanale; 4?33?
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship