On Cage's birthday, we talk about John Cage, and stuff.

Full set of links coming soon!
John Cage's "Bacchanale." Album links to The American Innovator, recorded by pianist Alan Feinberg (see track 13)...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/51LodZgDSNyAP6zs6DDWRe 
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-american-innovator/id1104432220
Amazon: https://amzn.com/B01EDIM03O

Another performance of "Bacchanale," from the album John Cage - Music for Prepared Piano, performed by Tim Ovens (track 1)...
https://open.spotify.com/album/3lXZIEEgppd6M7nupZOWwD

Washington Post article by Sarah Kaufman: "John Cage, with Merce Cunningham, revolutionized music, too." August 30, 2012
http://wpo.st/a1aw1

"Stranger Things" theme: https://open.spotify.com/track/0kwuKfWntoGh0EWyYb7Mpf

Examples of Cage's instructions for "preparing" a piano:
http://exhibitions.nypl.org/johncage/node/16
http://media2.fdncms.com/nuvo/imager/the-first-page-to-the-score-for-sonatas-and-interludes-specifies-how-to-pre/u/original/2487852/s_i_1st_page_of_score.jpeg
...and, as an app: http://johncage.org/cagepiano.html

The Banshee, by Henry Cowell
https://youtu.be/00fE2iTKMZ0

Page 2 of Sideburns 1, 1977, a punk 'zine. Drawn by editor Tony Moon.
https://artupdate.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/chord.jpg

4'33" scores...
updated: http://hyperallergic.com/85779/the-original-john-cage-433-in-proportional-notation-19521953/
original: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/attachments/remote-possibilities-acoustic-music-location-recording/208327d1292210616-so-i-just-recorded-john-cages-433-cage_4_33_score.jpg


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