Person    | Male  Born 5/9/1912  Died 12/8/1992

John Cage

Categories: Music / songs

Countries: USA

Composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. Leading member of the avant-garde and described himself as an anarchist.  Born Los Angeles. Wrote 4′33″.

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