John Cage

An American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher, and artist (born September 5, 1912, Los Angeles, California, USA - died August 12, 1992, New York City, New York, USA). He is best known and lauded as a pioneer of post-war avant-garde composition. He left Pomona College early to travel in Europe (1930-31), then studied with in New York (1933-4) and in Los Angeles (1934): his first published compositions,…