September 5 - John Cage (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for September 5th are here: John Cage; Giacomo Meyerbeer (2019), John Cage (2020), and Johann Christian Bach (2021)

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John Cage (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was one of the leading composers of the mid-twentieth century avant-garde in music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hardware Dealer

John Cage took meticulous care

With a piano he wished to prepare.

To make thuds and pings

From traditional strings

He would place odds and ends here and there.

 

 

 

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