John Cage

John Cage is an American composer. His most famous work is 4'33 (four minutes and thirty three seconds). This was first performed in 1952 and it is performed with the absence of deliberate sound. This was not, as people seemed to think, over 4 minutes of silence. In fact, what the audience where listening to was environmental and ambient sounds. from this contraversial piece, Cage wrote a number of dance works known as sontanas and interludes.