John Cage John Milton Cage Jr., John Milton Cage, Jr., John Milton, Jr. Cage, J. C.

American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)

Sex or Gender:

male

Date of Birth:

1912-09-05

Place of Birth:

Los Angeles
Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles

Date of Death:

1992-08-12

Place of Death:

New York (at present: New York City)

Country of citizenship:

United States of America

Mother:

Crete Cage

Spouse:

Xenia Cage

Occupation:

composer
writer
musician
poet
university teacher
musicologist
philosopher
painter
music theorist
illustrator
drawer
mycologist
visual artist

Era:

Fluxus
20th-century classical music

Genres:

aleatoric music
opera
classical music
electronic music
experimental music
musique concrète
avant-garde music
performance art
20th-century classical music

Viaf ID:

71577292