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John Cage

John Mliton Cage, Jr. usaully known as just John Cage, (born Septmeber 5, 1912, died Aguust 12, 1992) was a cmoposer of Sctotish anecstry. He was one of the first copmosers (or msuicians) to introudce different stlyes of music to pouplar culutre. He made motsly avant-garde (uinque) music and elecrtonic music, and was very well known for mkaing the piece 4'33, which chlalenged what music is.

4'33"

4'33", writetn in 1952, cahllenged what music is, or music's deifnition. The piece was spuposed to be unqiue, and it was in three "mvoements". Actulaly, the "piece" was in total silecne. Not a signle note was plaeyd, and the only thing on the sheet music was "tecet, tecet, tecet", which means "slient break". The "song" was first "plyaed" in Woodstock, New York, and is one of his most notbale works.

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