Birthday of John Cage (1912 - 1992), perhaps the most influential 20th C. composer… “Left to itself art would have to be something very simple - it would be sufficient for it to be beautiful. But when it’s useful it should spill out of just being beautiful and move over to other aspects of life so that when we’re not with the art it has nevertheless influenced our actions or our responses.”         - John Cage ——- Cage is known for avantgarde experiments with music and silence, his most discussed piece being 4’33” -  a ‘piano’ piece where he performer does not play the piano for 4 minutes and 33 seconds, so that the piece consists of whatever sound happens to be produced ambiently in the venue during that time, and nothing else… ———- Cage was also a visual artist - here Variations III, no. 14, 1992.

Birthday of John Cage (1912 - 1992), perhaps the most influential 20th C. composer…

“Left to itself art would have to be something very simple - it would be sufficient for it to be beautiful. But when it’s useful it should spill out of just being beautiful and move over to other aspects of life so that when we’re not with the art it has nevertheless influenced our actions or our responses.”         - John Cage

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Cage is known for avantgarde experiments with music and silence, his most discussed piece being 4’33” -  a ‘piano’ piece where he performer does not play the piano for 4 minutes and 33 seconds, so that the piece consists of whatever sound happens to be produced ambiently in the venue during that time, and nothing else…

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Cage was also a visual artist - here Variations III, no. 14, 1992.