John Cage (1912–1992)

USA · Avant-garde music, Electronic music

As a performer: J. Cage

0′00″ (4′33″ No. 2), JC. 167 (1962)	JC. 167
“1′18″ for a String Player”, JC. 123 (1953)	JC. 123
3 pieces for flute duet, JC. 18 (1935)	JC. 18
“4′33″” for any instrument or combination of instruments, JC. 113 (1952)	JC. 113
“26′1.1499″ for a String Player”, JC. 137 (1953-54)	JC. 137
“27′10.554″ for a Percussionist”, JC. 139 (1956)	JC. 139
“31′57.9864″ for a Pianist”, JC. 136 (1954)	JC. 136
“34′46.776″ for a Pianist”, JC. 135 (1954)	JC. 135
36 Mesostics re and not re Marcel Duchamp, JC. deest (1970)	JC. deest
“45′ for a Speaker”, JC. 135a (1954)	JC. 135a
52/3, JC. 197 (1972)	JC. 197
“59½″ for a String Player”, JC. 126 (1953)	JC. 126
101, JC. 276 (1988)	JC. 276
103, JC. 311 (1991)	JC. 311
108, Symphony for large orchestra, JC. 312 (1991)	JC. 312
A Book of Music (for two pianos), JC. 76 (1944)	JC. 76
A Chant with Claps, JC. 30 (1940)	JC. 30
A Collection of Rocks, JC. 245 (1984)	JC. 245
“A Dip in the Lake: Ten Quicksteps, Sixty-two Waltzs, and Fifty-six Marches for Chicago and Vicinity” for any instrumentation, JC. 216 (1978)	JC. 216
“A Flower” for voice and closed piano, JC. 101 (1950)	JC. 101
A Room, for prepared piano, JC. 61 (1943)	JC. 61
A Valentine out of Season, JC. 75 (1944)	JC. 75
Ad Lib., JC. 57 (1943)	JC. 57
Alla Ricerca del Silenzio Perduto/Il Treno, JC. 210 (1976)	JC. 210
“Amores” for prepared piano and percussion Ensemble, JC. 63 (1943)	JC. 63
And the Earth Shall Bear Again, JC. 52 (1942)	JC. 52
Apartment House 1776, JC. 208 (1976)	JC. 208
Aria for voice of any range, JC. 146 (1958)	JC. 146
“ASLSP” for piano, JC. 255 (1985)	JC. 255
“Atlas Eclipticalis” for orchestra or variable ensemble, JC. 162 (1961-62)	JC. 162
“Bacchanale” for prepared piano, JC. 36 (1940)	JC. 36
Bird Cage, JC. 196 (1972)	JC. 196
Branches, JC. 206 (1976)	JC. 206
But what about the noise of crumpling paper, JC. 256 (1985)	JC. 256
“Cartridge Music” for amplified sounds, JC. 155 (1960)	JC. 155
cComposed Improvisations, JC. 286 (1990)	JC. 286
Cheap Imitation for piano, JC. 181 (1969)	JC. 181
Chess pieces, for Piano, JC. 58 (1943)	JC. 58
Child of Tree, for percussionist using plant materials with amplification, JC. 203 (1975)	JC. 203
Chorals, JC. 191a (1970-78)	JC. 191a
Composition for 3 Voices, JC. 10 (1934)	JC. 10
“Concert for Piano and Orchestra”, JC. 143a-k (1957-58)	JC. 143a-k
Concerto for prepared piano and orchestra, JC. 105 (1950-51)	JC. 105
Credo in US, JC. 51 (1942)	JC. 51
Crete & Dad, JC. 77-78 (1945)	JC. 77-78
Dance music for Elrid Ide for percussion ensemble and piano (in the third movement), JC. 34 (1940)	JC. 34
Daughters of the Lonesome Isle, for prepared piano, JC. 86 (1945)	JC. 86
Double Music (John Cage, Lou Harrison), JC. 42 (1941)	JC. 42
Dream, JC. 95 (1948)	JC. 95
“Ear for EAR” (Antiphonies) for choir, JC. 239 (1983)	JC. 239
Eight Whiskus, JC. 246 (1984)	JC. 246
Electronic Music for 2 Pianos, JC. 170 (1964)	JC. 170
Empty Words, JC. deest (1973-74)	JC. deest
Etcetera, JC. 198 (1973)	JC. 198
Etudes Australes for piano, JC. 200 (1974)	JC. 200
Etudes Boreales, for cello and/or piano, JC. 217 (1978)	JC. 217
Europera 5, JC. 298 (1991)	JC. 298
Experiences No. 1, for piano duet, JC. 82 (1945)	JC. 82
Experiences No. 2, for voice, JC. 96 (1948)	JC. 96
Fads and Fancies in the Academy for piano and 4 percussion players, JC. 38 (1940)	JC. 38
Fifty-Eight, JC. 323 (1992)	JC. 323
“First Construction (In Metal)” for six percussionists and an assistant, JC. 29 (1939)	JC. 29
Five 3 for trombone and string quartet, JC. 300 (1991)	JC. 300
Five Songs, for contralto soloist and piano, JC. 23 (1938)	JC. 23
Five Stone Wind, JC. 274 (1988)	JC. 274
Five, for any five instruments or voices, JC. 272 (1988)	JC. 272
Five2, for English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet and timpani, JC. 299 (1991)	JC. 299
Five4, JC. 301 (1991)	JC. 301
Five5, for flute, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet and percussion, JC. 302 (1991)	JC. 302
Fontana Mix, JC. 147 (1958)	JC. 147
For MC and DT for piano, JC. 112 (1952)	JC. 112
For Solo Cello, JC. 143d (1957-58)	JC. 143d
Forever and Sunsmell, for voice and two percussionists, JC. 44 (1942)	JC. 44
Four 3, for one or two pianos, twelve rainsticks and violin/oscillator, all operated by four performers, JC. 304 (1991)	JC. 304
Four 6, for four performers with any means of producing sounds, JC. 324 (1992)	JC. 324
Four Dances for tenor, the prepared piano and percussion, JC. 64 (1943)	JC. 64
Four Solos for Voice, JC. 275 (1988)	JC. 275
Four Walls, for Piano and Voice (in one of the movements), JC. 68 (1944)	JC. 68
“Four” for 2 violins, viola and cello. 10 - minute version, JC. 279 (1989)	JC. 279
Four2 for SATB choir, JC. 288 (1990)	JC. 288
Four4, JC. 305 (1991)	JC. 305
Four5, JC. 306 (1991)	JC. 306
“Fourteen” for instrumental ensemble of 14 performers, JC. 289 (1990)	JC. 289
“Freeman Etudes” for solo violin, JC. 213 (1977-80)	JC. 213
“Haikai” for gamelan, JC. 247 (1986)	JC. 247
Haiku for piano, JC. 106 (1950-51)	JC. 106
“HPSCHD” for harpsichords and tape, JC. 182 (1967-69)	JC. 182
Hymnkus, for chamber ensemble, JC. 261 (1986)	JC. 261
Hymns and Variations, for twelve amplified voices, JC. 224 (1979)	JC. 224
Imaginary Landscape No. 1, JC. 28 (1939)	JC. 28
Imaginary Landscape No. 2 (March), JC. 49 (1942)	JC. 49
Imaginary Landscape No. 3, JC. 48 (1942)	JC. 48
“Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (March No. 2)” for 12 radios, 24 performers and conductor, JC. 107 (1951)	JC. 107
“Imaginary Landscape No. 5” for tape, JC. 114 (1952)	JC. 114
Imitations II for clarinet solo, JC. 208a (1976)	JC. 208a
“in a Landscape”, JC. 97 (1948)	JC. 97
In the Name of the Holocaust, JC. 55 (1942)	JC. 55
Indeterminacy, JC. deest (1958)	JC. deest
Inlets (Improvisation II), for four performers with sea shells and the sound of fire, JC. 214 (1977)	JC. 214
James Joyce / Marcel Duchamp / Erik Satie: An Alphabet, radioplay, JC. 232 (1982)	JC. 232
Jazz Study, JC. 47 (1942)	JC. 47
Lecture on the Weather, JC. 204 (1975)	JC. 204
“Litany for the Whale” for two voices, JC. 229 (1980)	JC. 229
Living Room Music, for percussion quartet and quartet of readers with an instrumental solo or without, JC. 39 (1940)	JC. 39
Metamorphosis, JC. 22 (1938)	JC. 22
Mirakus2, JC. 248 (1984)	JC. 248
Muoyce, JC. 325 (1992)	JC. 325
Mureau, JC. 190 (1970)	JC. 190
“Music for ________” for variable ensemble, JC. 249 (1984-87)	JC. 249
Music for Amplified Toy piano, JC. 156 (1960)	JC. 156
“Music for Carillon No. 2”, JC. 133 (1954)	JC. 133
“Music for Carillon No. 3”, JC. 134 (1954)	JC. 134
Music for Carillon No. 5, JC. 175 (1967)	JC. 175
Music for Carillon, No. 1, JC. 115 (1952)	JC. 115
Music for Marcel Duchamp, JC. 92 (1947)	JC. 92
Music for Piano 1, JC. 116 (1952)	JC. 116
Music for Piano 2, JC. 127 (1953)	JC. 127
Music for Piano 3, JC. 128 (1953)	JC. 128
Music for Piano 4-19, JC. 129 (1953)	JC. 129
Music for Piano 20, JC. 130 (1953)	JC. 130
Music for Piano 21-36, JC. 138a (1955)	JC. 138a
Music for Piano 37-52, JC. 138b (1955)	JC. 138b
Music for Piano 53-68, JC. 140 (1956)	JC. 140
Music for Piano 69-84, JC. 141 (1956)	JC. 141
Music for Piano 85, JC. 165 (1962)	JC. 165
Music for Two for 2 Pianos (1985)
Music for wind instruments, JC. 24 (1938)	JC. 24
“Music of Changes” for solo piano, JC. 108 (1951)	JC. 108
Music walk, JC. 149 (1958)	JC. 149
Musicircus,, JC. 177 (1967)	JC. 177
Mysterious Adventure for prepared piano, JC. 80 (1945)	JC. 80
Nocturne for Violin and Piano, JC. 93 (1947)	JC. 93
Nowth upon Nacht, for voice and piano, JC. 251 (1984)	JC. 251
One, JC. 268 (1987)	JC. 268
One 7, for any way of producing sounds, JC. 293 (1990)	JC. 293
One2, for 1-4 pianos, JC. 280 (1989)	JC. 280
One4, for percussion, JC. 290 (1990)	JC. 290
One5, for piano, JC. 291 (1990)	JC. 291
One6, JC. 292 (1990)	JC. 292
One8, for Cello, JC. 309 (1991)	JC. 309
One10, JC. 326 (1992)	JC. 326
One12, JC. 328 (1992)	JC. 328
Opening Dance for Sue, JC. 40 (1941)	JC. 40
Ophelia, for Piano, JC. 89 (1946)	JC. 89
Our Spring Will Come, JC. 60 (1943)	JC. 60
Pastorale No. 1, JC. 117a (1951)	JC. 117a
Pastorale No. 2, JC. 117b (1952)	JC. 117b
Percussion Quartet, JC. 15 (1935)	JC. 15
Perpetual Tango, JC. 252 (1984)	JC. 252
Postcard from Heaven, JC. 238 (1982)	JC. 238
Prelude for Meditation for prepared piano, JC. 69 (1944)	JC. 69
Prelude for six instruments in A minor, JC. 90 (1946)	JC. 90
Primitive, for prepared piano, JC. 54 (1942)	JC. 54
Quartet I for 24 instruments, JC. 207a (1976)	JC. 207a
Quartet II for 24 instruments, JC. 207b (1976)	JC. 207b
Quartet III for 24 instruments, JC. 207c (1976)	JC. 207c
Quartet IV for 24 instruments, JC. 207d (1976)	JC. 207d
Quartet V for 24 instruments, JC. 207e (1976)	JC. 207e
Quartet VI for 24 instruments, JC. 207f (1976)	JC. 207f
Quartet VII for 24 instruments, JC. 207g (1976)	JC. 207g
Quartet VIII for 24 instruments, JC. 207h (1976)	JC. 207h
Quest - second movement, JC. 16 (1935)	JC. 16
Radio music, JC. 142 (1956)	JC. 142
Renga, JC. 205 (1975-76)	JC. 205
Reunion, JC. 180 (1968)	JC. 180
Roaratorio, an Irish circus on Finnegans Wake, for record, JC. 222a (1979)	JC. 222a
Root of an Unfocus for prepared piano, JC. 70 (1944)	JC. 70
Rozart Mix, tape loops, JC. 171 (1965)	JC. 171
“Ryoanji” for one or more soloists with percussion or orchestra, JC. 242 (1983-85)	JC. 242
Sculptures Musicales, JC. 282 (1989)	JC. 282
“Second Construction” for four percussionists, JC. 35 (1940)	JC. 35
Seven for Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello, JC. 277 (1988)	JC. 277
Seven Haikus for piano, JC. 109 (1951-52)	JC. 109
Seven2, for bass flute, bass clarinet, bass trombone, two percussionists with unspecified instruments, cello and contrabass, JC. 295 (1990)	JC. 295
“Seventy-Four” for an orchestra of 74 players, JC. 332 (1992)	JC. 332
“She Is Asleep” in two movements for different forces, JC. 62 (1943)	JC. 62
Six melodies for violin and keyboard instrument, JC. 103 (1950)	JC. 103
Six Short Inventions on the Subjects of the Solo, JC. 13b (1933-34)	JC. 13b
Sixteen Dances for flute, trumpet, four percussionists, piano, violin and cello, JC. 110 (1950-51)	JC. 110
Sixty-Eight, JC. 334 (1992)	JC. 334
Sixty-Two Mesostics Re Merce Cunningham (Frammento), JC. deest (1971)	JC. deest
Soliloquy, JC. 81 (1945)	JC. 81
Solo for sliding trombone, JC. 143j (1957-58)	JC. 143j
Solo with obbligato accompaniment of two voices in canon, JC. 13a (1934)	JC. 13a
Some of the Harmony of Maine, JC. 220 (1978)	JC. 220
Sonata for Clarinet, JC. 7 (1933)	JC. 7
Sonata for Two Voices, for two instruments with specified ranges, JC. 8 (1933)	JC. 8
Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano, JC. 99 (1946-48)	JC. 99
Song Books (Solos for Voice 3–92), for one or more voices, JC. 191 (1970)	JC. 191
Sonnekus2 for Voice solo, JC. 258 (1985)	JC. 258
Sounds of Venice, performance for a solo TV artist, JC. 153 (1959)	JC. 153
“Souvenir” for organ, JC. 243 (1983)	JC. 243
Spontaneous Earth, JC. 71 (1944)	JC. 71
String Quartet in Four Parts, JC. 104 (1950)	JC. 104
Swinging, JC. 283 (1989)	JC. 283
Ten, JC. 314 (1991)	JC. 314
The Beatles 1962-1970, JC. 296 (1990)	JC. 296
The City Wears a Slouch Hat, music for Kenneth Patchen’s radio show, JC. 50 (1942)	JC. 50
The First Meeting of the Satie Society, JC. 254 (1984-85)	JC. 254
The Perilous Night, for Prepared Piano, JC. 74 (1944)	JC. 74
The Seasons, ballet, JC. 94 (1947)	JC. 94
The Suite for a Toy-Piano, JC. 100 (1948)	JC. 100
The Unavailable Memory Of, JC. 72 (1944)	JC. 72
“The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs” for voice and closed piano, JC. 53 (1942)	JC. 53
Theatre Piece, JC. 159 (1960)	JC. 159
Third Construction for Percussion Quartet, JC. 41 (1941)	JC. 41
Thirteen, JC. 335 (1992)	JC. 335
Thirteen Harmonies, JC. 260 (1985)	JC. 260
Thirty pieces for five orchestras, JC. 231 (1981)	JC. 231
Thirty Pieces for String Quartet, JC. 244 (1983)	JC. 244
Three Dances for two prepared pianos, JC. 85 (1944-45)	JC. 85
Three Easy Pieces, JC. 6 (1933)	JC. 6
Three Songs for voice and piano,, JC. 5 (1932-33)	JC. 5
Three2, JC. 315 (1991)	JC. 315
Tossed as It Is Untroubled, JC. 65 (1943)	JC. 65
Totem Ancestor, for prepared piano, JC. 46 (1942)	JC. 46
Transcription of Erik Satie’s “Socrate” for two pianos, JC. 67 (1968)	JC. 67
Trio-Suite for three percussion, JC. 20 (1936)	JC. 20
Triple-Paced No. 2 for prepared piano, JC. 73 (1944)	JC. 73
Tripled Paced - first version, JC. 66 (1943)	JC. 66
TV Koln, JC. 151 (1958)	JC. 151
Two, JC. 271 (1987)	JC. 271
Two Pieces for piano, JC. 17 (1935)	JC. 17
Two Pieces for Piano, JC. 91 (1946)	JC. 91
Two2, JC. 285 (1989)	JC. 285
Two3, for sho and shells, JC. 319 (1991)	JC. 319
Two4, for violin and piano or sho, JC. 320 (1991)	JC. 320
Two5, for piano and tenor trombone, JC. 321 (1991)	JC. 321
Two6, JC. 336 (1992)	JC. 336
Variations I, for any instrumentation, JC. 152 (1958)	JC. 152
Variations II, for any instrumentation, JC. 164 (1961)	JC. 164
Variations III, for any instrumentation, JC. 166 (1962)	JC. 166
Variations IV, for any instrumentation, JC. 168 (1963)	JC. 168
Variations V, JC. 172 (1965)	JC. 172
Variations VII, JC. 174 (1966)	JC. 174
Variations VIII, JC. 221 (1978)	JC. 221
Voiceless Essay, JC. 259 (1985-86)	JC. 259
Waiting, for piano, JC. 119 (1952)	JC. 119
Water music for pianist, JC. 118 (1952)	JC. 118
Water Walk, JC. 154 (1959)	JC. 154
WBAI, JC. 160 (1960)	JC. 160
“Williams Mix” for tape, JC. 120 (1952-53)	JC. 120
Winter Music, for piano, JC. 144 (1957)	JC. 144
Works of Calder, for prepared piano, JC. 102 (1949-50)	JC. 102
Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake, JC. deest (1978)	JC. deest