John Cage: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Interviews with Cage are found in Richard Kostelanetz, Conversing with Cage, 2nd ed. (2003); and Joan Retallack (ed.), Musicage: Cage Muses on Words, Art, Music (1995). A good introduction is David Revill, The Roaring Silence: John Cage, A Life (1992). Collections of critical essays on Cage include David Nicholls (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to John Cage (2002); David W. Patterson (ed.), John Cage: Music, Philosophy, and Intention, 1933–1950 (2002); David W. Bernstein and Christopher Hatch (eds.), Writings Through John Cage’s Music, Poetry, and Art (2001); Richard Kostelanetz (ed.), Writings About John Cage (1993); Marjorie Perloff and Charles Junkerman (eds.), John Cage: Composed in America (1994); and James Pritchett, The Music of John Cage (1993).

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Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - John Cage. Nov 04, 2026
Article updated and revised. Sep 14, 2026
Anniversary information added. Sep 01, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 08, 2026
Add new Web site: Official Site of John Cage. May 22, 2026
Add new Web site: Official Site of John Cage Trust. Jan 16, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - John Cage at 100: Remembering a Revolutionary Composer. Dec 05, 2025
Add new Web site: Percussive Arts Society - John Cage. Jun 05, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - The Radio 3 Documentary - Silent Witness: John Cage, Zen and Japan. Apr 14, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Pennsylvania - An interview with John Cage by Ted Berrigan. Mar 02, 2025
Add new Web site: All About Jazz - John Cage. Nov 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at COD - Reflections on John Cage’s Music of Changes. Oct 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society - John Cage. May 24, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - The visual art of John Cage. Apr 12, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 20, 2024
Add new Web site: The Ohio State University - AAEP 1600 - John Cage. Dec 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - John Cage. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - John Cage. Jul 14, 2023
Add new Web site: TheArtStory - John Cage. Jan 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Artnet - John Cage. Feb 27, 2019
Added video. Aug 26, 2015
Add new Web site: TATE - Biography of John Cage. Dec 02, 2013
Add new Web site: Naxos Classical Music - Biography of John Cage. Dec 01, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMusic - John Cage. Dec 01, 2013
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - John Cage: I have Nothing to Say and I'm Saying It. Apr 07, 2013
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of John Cage. Apr 07, 2013
Article revised and updated. Sep 04, 2012
Replaced photograph. Apr 20, 2012
Added new Web site: The Classical Music Pages - Biography of John Cage. Aug 24, 2007
Added new Web site: Essentials of Music - Biography of John Cage. May 17, 2007
Added new Web site: New Albion Records - Biography of John Cage. May 08, 2006
Article revised. Nov 29, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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