Hundreds of people gathered in a German church Saturday to witness the first sound change in seven years for avant-garde composer John Cage’s 639-year-long song. On September 5th, 2001, a specially ...
At a party, John Cage was once overheard saying, “I compose music but mostly I’m a mushroom identifier.” Composing, for Cage, was an act of collecting the detritus of everyday sounds. He foraged for ...