John Cage
American composer, philosopher, writer and printmaker. He was educated in California and then made a study tour of Europe (1930-31), concentrating on art, architecture and music. On his return to the USA he studied music with Richard Buhlig, Adolph Weiss, Henry Cowell and Arnold Schoenberg; in 1934 he abandoned abstract painting for music. An interest in extending the existing range of percussion instruments led him, in 1940, to devise the 'prepared piano' (in which the sound is transformed by the insertion of various objects between the strings) and to pioneer electronic sound sources.
American composer, philosopher, writer and printmaker. He was educated in California and then made a study tour of Europe (1930-31), concentrating on art, architecture and music. On his return to the USA he studied music with Richard Buhlig, Adolph Weiss, Henry Cowell and Arnold Schoenberg; in 1934 he abandoned abstract painting for music. An interest in extending the existing range of percussion instruments led him, in 1940, to devise the 'prepared piano' (in which the sound is transformed by the insertion of various objects between the strings) and to pioneer electronic sound sources.
Thirty Pieces For Five Orchestras / Music For Piano (LP)
1987 LP on Hungaroton matching a 1981 compositions for five orchestras performed by Savaria Symphony Orchestra led by Peter Eötvös with a set of indeterminate solo piano pices from the 1950's performed by several Hungarian composers including László …
Empty Words - Parte III (2CD)
2011 re-issue on Ampersand of the 1990 2CD set with the legendary extreme live vocal performance by the composer in Milano in 1977, which caused quite a riot. With slipcase.
Fourteen-Seven-Ten-Three²
Rare 2006 CD on Megadisc Classics of late compositions for ensemble from the late 1980's / early 90's, performed by tJames Fulkerson's Barton Workshop.
John Cage (Book)
Rare first catalogue of Cage’s works published by Peters & Henman Press in 1962.
Diary: How To Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) Continued Part Three (book)
Rare first edition of Cage's 1967 artist book with multi-colored text, published by Something Else Press in 1967.
Per gli Uccelli (book)
Italian edition of the 1976 book of conversations with Daniel Charles, translated by Walter Marchetti and published by Multhipla in 1977.
Sounday 15-6-78 (book)
Rare fully illustrated hommage to the composer published as the program for the 1978 première and recording of Sounday by KRO Radio in Holland, with texts by Pierre Boulez, Merce Cunningham, David Tudor, Christian Wolff, etc..
View Vol.I No.1 April, 1978 - John Cage (magazine)
First issue of American art/music magazine published by Crown Point Press in 1978 completely devoted to John Cage.
Happy Birthday, a Year from Cage (book)
Thick program for the 2002 series of concerts and events around John Cage organized in Milano for the composer’s 90th birthday.
Music Sound Language Theater (book)
Illustrated exhibition catalogue published by Crown Point Press in 1980 with several essays on Cage, Marioni, Barry and Jonas.
Ausstellung un konzert John Cage April/Mai 1978 (poster)
Rare poster for a series of exhibitions and concerts by Cage through Germany in 1978, ilustrated with the score of Variations VIII.
Ives/Duchamp/Cage
Historical avant-garde pieces for two pianos (prepared, quarter-tone or with tape) spanning from 1913 to 1944, performed by Kristine Schol and Mats Persson and released on Caprice in 1982 and never re-issued on either LP or CD.
Concerto For Prepared Piano & Orchestra / Baroque Variations (LP)
The important 1951 Concerto with Cage's first foray in chance operations conducted by Lukas Foss with pianist Yuji Takahashi, backed by the conductor's charming baroque piece for orchestra, released by Nonesuch in 1968.
Voices And Instruments (LP)
1978 re-issue of the 1976 album on the classic Obscure label and series curated by Brian Eno, with five early Cage pieces from the 1940's for solo piano, solo voice, and percussion and voice, performed by Robert Wyatt, Carla Bley and Richard Bernas, …
Extended Voices (LP)
1970 re-press of the 1967 fantastic, mind-blowing and essential compilation of pieces for chorus and for voices altered electronically by sound synthesizers and vocoder, conducted by Alvin Lucier and released on Odyseey's "Music Of Our Time" avant-ga…
John Cage, Earle Brown, Morton Feldman, George Crumb, Lejaren Hiller, Christian Wolff, Stefan Wolpe, Jacob Druckman, Leon Kirchner
The Avant Garde String Quartet In The U.S.A. (3LP box)Cage's beautiful and unusual 1950 string quartet in a monumental compilation released as a 3LP box set by Vox in 1973 with a who's who of the American avant-garde, including Crumb's and Kirchner's outstanding quartets with electric amplification and …
Variations III For Voices And Percussion With Solos / Nexus 16 / Culmination / L'Après-Midi Du Dracoula (LP)
Cage's 1963 piece for voices and percussion with solos plus three more experimental compositions from the 1960's by the other composers, performed by the San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble and released on Wergo's "Große Interpreten Neuer M…
John Cage, Elliott Carter, William Schuman, Andrew Imbrie, Harold Blumenfeld, Lou Harrison, Igor Stravinsky, William Bland, Barbara Kolb, Gregg Smith
20th Century Music For Voice & Guitar (LP)1978 LP on Turnabout with several mainly avant-garde compositions or adaptations for voice and guitar performed by Rosalind Rees and David Starobin. With insert.
Electronics & Percussion (LP)
1970's re-press of the 1968 LP with five superb realizations for percussion and electronics of as many classic avant-garde compositions, including Cage's Fontana Mix-Feed, spanning from 1958 to 1965, released on Columbia's "Music Of Our Time" avant-g…
Electronique Et Percussion (LP)
French edition of the 1968 LP with five superb realizations for percussion and electronics of as many classic avant-garde compositions, including Cage's Fontana Mix-Feed, spanning from 1958 to 1965, released on CBS' "Music Of Our Time" avant-garde mu…