Composer

John Cage

American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)

1912–1992

50 works in the index

Born

1912

Died

1992

Birthplace

Good Samaritan Hospital

Citizenship / historical state

United States

Period (estimated from birth year)

Modern

Biography

John Cage — American avant-garde composer (1912-1992). John Cage was born in 1912 in Good Samaritan Hospital. The recorded year of death is 1992. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as United States.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments

Piano, Voice, Cello, Viola, violin

Genres represented

Classical

Works with composition dates

1 of 50

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 1 of 2

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details

Work	Year composed	Catalogue / opus	Key in title	Listed instruments	Genre	Editions
Soliloquy (*1st time in publication)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
Totem Ancestor	—	—	—	Piano, Cello, violin, Viola	Classical	5
Jazz Study (*1st time in publication)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Music For Marcel Duchamp	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
And The Earth Shall Bear Again	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Triple Paced (1st Version) (*1st time in publication)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
The Unavailable Memory Of	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Daughters Of The Lonesome Isle	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Interludes 1-4	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
In The Name Of The Holocaust	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
The Perilous Night	1944Wikidata	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
Suite for Toy Piano	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
A Valentine Out Of Season	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
I. Trio	—	—	—	Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Clarinet	Classical	2
III. Quintet	—	—	—	Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Clarinet	Classical	2
Two Pieces (1935)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	2
Metamorphosis	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	2
In A Landscape	—	—	—	Piano, Cello, violin, Viola	Classical	2
Three Easy Pieces (*1st time in publication)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	2
Works of Calder (*1st time in publication)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	2
Root Of An Unfocus	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	2
Prelude For Meditation	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	2
Spontaneous Earth	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	2
Mysterious Adventure	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	2
little four paws	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	1
little Christmas tree	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	1
in Just -	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	1
hist whist	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	1
Tumbling hair	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	1
Twenty Years After	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	—
Is It As It Was	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	—
At East and Ingredients	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	—
Quest	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	1
A Room	—	—	—	Piano, Cello, violin, Viola	Classical	1
Ophelia	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	1
Dream	—	—	—	Piano, Cello, violin, Viola	Classical	1
Sonatas 1-16	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	1
Bacchanale	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	1
Primitive	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	1
Tossed As It Is Troubled	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	1
Our Spring Will Come	—	—	—	Piano, Cello, violin, Viola	Classical	1
Ad Lib	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	1
The Seasons	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	1
Waiting	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	1
II. Duo	—	—	—	Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Clarinet	Classical	—
Totem Ancestors	—	—	—	—	—	—
Triple Paced	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	—
Solo for Voice I	—	—	—	—	Classical	—

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. This short biography is assembled from the recorded facts. Authority record: VIAF 71577292. Portrait: Rob Bogaerts / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.